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Good thoughts, Marco. Think about this. So far, there has been large amounts of gold and money discovered there that this regime was hourding...Millions I can see this money as weapons of mass destruction by itself. This money was witheld from the peoples of Iraq, and as a direct result, tens of thousands have died, and the intrastructure was destroyed before the first bomb fell. The Iraqi economy, the Islamic suppression of women, the destruction of their schools, etc etc etc. My question is straightforward. There was a huge risk of doing nothing as far as national security and the security of the region. Perhaps more so........ What would have been the cost of doing nothing? Look at the stats of Iraqi babies dying from a weakened prenatal care and hospital system..... some estimates are 5,000/month. Must look at the entire picture, not just the Cash-O-La.... look at the people. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco De Michiel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Feinstein NIH Amendment to increase NIH funding > 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). 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