This is not quite right.
First, it seems failrly obvious that the economy could not sustain a drain
which exceeds the productive capacity of each person by orders of
magnitude. That is why I started checking the numbers.
So,
one billion is 1000 Million and lets do everything in millions.
4 Billion/month is 48B/year.
Now take the 48,000Million$ and divide it by 300Millionpeople
We get 160Million$ per million people or $160 per person.
To me this result is really an argument for increased spending on Health
issues, drugs coverage, etc., a change in emphasis.
K. F. Etzold cg Carline
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Regarding additional funding for NIH research.
I hope someone who is better at math than I can check this out but,
There are approximately 300 million people living in the US
We are spending slightly over 4 billion dollars a month in Iraq w/o
counting
interest costs on that money or the lives that are being affected there.
According to my math we are spending about $13,500 each month for each of
the 300 million people in this country.
If this is correct then that means we are spending about $162,000 per
American per year for the Iraq adventure alone.
I don't mean for this to be a political message but these numbers, if
correct, really show where our priorities are.----- Original Message -----
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> From: "LauraJane Cohen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Laura Jane Cohen" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:53:58 -0400
> Subject: Feinstein NIH Amendment
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> >From the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding:
>
> We understand that Senator Dianne Feinstein is preparing to offer an
> amendment to the FY 2004 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill when it
> comes to the Senate floor later this week to add additional funding to
> the
> National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Senate Appropriations Committee
> has proposed $27.982 billion for NIH, a $1 billion (3.7%) increase over
> the
> current year.
>
> Senator Feinstein's amendment would add an additional $1.3 billion to the
> NIH budget in FY 2004, which would bring the total to $29.282 billion, an
> 8.5% increase.
>
> Since this amendment is not offset with any cuts to other programs, it
> will
> require 60 votes to pass the Senate. This will obviously require strong
> support of this amendment by both Republicans and Democrats.
>
> We urge all Ad Hoc Group member organizations to activate their
> memberships
> immediately to contact their Senators in support of the Feinstein
> amendment.
> The Senate may begin debate on the Labor-HHS bill as early as this
> evening,
> and a vote on this amendment may occur as early as Wednesday.
>
> Dave Moore
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