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...Lown said that the total defense spending predicted for the four years of the Bush administration is over one trillion dollars. He added that out of every income-tax dollar that the government receives, 55 cents are devoted to military spending, as opposed to only two cents each to education and housing...
...solution to any of our other problems can be reached until some of the money going to the military is diverted," Lown said...
Citing education as the most important area to which money must be devoted, Lown emphasized that education, especially for women and mothers, is crucial to eliminating health problems in underdeveloped countries...
...When women can read and write, infant mortality rates go down, population growth slows down, and life expectancy goes up," Lown said. Money that countries such as India and South Africa are currently appropriating for military spending could be used to educate their populations and thereby address grave medical concerns, Lown said...
Soviet student activists can play a crucial role in stopping the nuclear arms race, Lown said, adding that currently the Soviet Union is more open to input from students than it has been in the past...