In a message dated 7/19/01 4:59:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Would that be the same government that spends billions of dollars on
> weapons, while at the same time lets the poor and the homeless starve to
death?
> >>
I would argue that very few people starve. In addition even if we were to
suddenly alter the political climate such that we were willing to spend
unlimited amounts on poverty (or say most of the current military budget)
that would not solve the poverty issue. Human problems are more complex more
difficult to solve and more intractable than technical problems (I would
suggest that missle defense as difficult as it is to do is easier than
solving poverty).
