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To all, If the US presence in Iraq is really costing $4bn / mth, is it all spent on the 'military forces' or does a percentage go to re-establishing industry and commerce, health and education services, etc? If so then that's good. How big is the annual Defence Budget? How much is spent on Weapons R&D? How much is being spent on the Space Station. These maybe are the ?'s one should be asking. Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: "KF Etzold" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Feinstein NIH Amendment to increase NIH funding > This is not quite right. > First, it seems failrly obvious that the economy could not sustain a drain > which exceeds the productive capacity of each person by orders of > magnitude. That is why I started checking the numbers. > > So, > one billion is 1000 Million and lets do everything in millions. > 4 Billion/month is 48B/year. > Now take the 48,000Million$ 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 > > > > > alexsabo > <alexsabo@THEVILLAGE To: [log in to unmask] > S.NET> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: Feinstein NIH Amendment to increase NIH funding > "Parkinson's > Information Exchange > Network" > <[log in to unmask] > toronto.ca> > > > 07/16/03 03:06 PM > Please respond to > "Parkinson's > Information Exchange > Network" > > > > > > > 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 $162,000 per > American per year for the Iraq adventure alone. > I don't mean for this to be a political message but these numbers, if > correct, really show where our priorities are.----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda J Herman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:29 AM > Subject: Fw: Feinstein NIH Amendment to increase NIH funding > > > > Forwarded from PAN. > > Please contact your Senators > > Linda > > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: "LauraJane Cohen" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: "Laura Jane Cohen" <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:53:58 -0400 > > Subject: Feinstein NIH Amendment > > Message-ID: <014801c34ba1$c5014b00$6801a8c0@d72b7f21> > > > > >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. 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