At 9:32 AM 2/8/96, Gina Neff wrote: >" 'Military Debt and costs of Past Wars' includes the portion of the >interest on the national debt that has been estimated to be due on >military spending (55%), veterans benefits, and several small >veterans-related expenditures" This is the part of the War Resisters League analysis of US spending that I don't understand. Why allocate so much of the federal debt to war? Shouldn't the debt allocation be proportional to spending? If they're including WW II's debt as part of the total, isn't that ancient history by now? Spending $300 billion a year on institutions and machines designed for killing people is bad enough; why come up with inflated numbers? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
