--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Not to mention that in the US 48% of the yearly Federal > > > budget goes to paying for America's current wars, pre- > > > paring for the next ones, or paying off the debts from > > > the last ones. This is true of no other country on the > > > planet. The other countries actually have some of their > > > tax revenue to use on services for their citizens. > > > > A broader and perhaps more relevant view is defense spending as > > a % of the total economy. > > Only if what you want to do is pretend that America > is not based on war and in service of the military- > industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about. You > are free to believe what you want, but I prefer the > following more realistic (IMO) chart: > > http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm >
> But, as Winston Churchill said, "There are three kinds > of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Believe > the lie you prefer. ********************* I prefer the fact that Disraeli said this: "The British ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics" (popularized by Mark Twain in the U.S.). This does not mean that statistics are worthless, but that they can be interpreted and manipulated to support very different arguments." http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y204/m06/abu0121/s04 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
