Word: poore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McNamara believes the main reason for helping struggling countries is not self-interested economics. Said he: "The fundamental case is the moral one. The whole of human history has recognized the principle that the rich and powerful have a moral obligation to assist the poor and the weak. That is what the sense of community is all about-any community: the community of the family, the community of the nation, the community of nations itself...
Give more aid to poor nations, urges Robert McNamara
...when he was U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara thought the nation had reached "the point at which it does not buy more security for itself simply by buying more military hardware." The greatest threat, he declared in an eerily prescient 1966 speech, comes from rebellious violence in poor countries. During his eleven years as president of the World Bank, McNamara's convictions have deepened, and last week, appearing at the University of Chicago to accept a $25,000 prize for promoting international understanding, the former Defense Secretary declared that "excessive military spending can reduce security rather than...
...poverty could be alleviated greatly by "a comparatively small contribution in money and skills from the developed world," said McNamara. Making the contribution would help stabilize poor nations and thus help the security of the U.S. In addition, it would assist the American economy, which, McNamara said, "increasingly depends on the ability of the developing nations both to purchase its exports and to supply it with important raw materials...
...still being worked out by HEW, which has taken so long on the plan that a White House aide reports: "Carter is pissed off with Califano." Now expected to be made public later this year, the scheme would expand Medicare and Medicaid benefits for the aged and the poor. In addition, it would give those unprotected by company or public plans a chance of buying insurance at a "reasonable" cost, although that figure has not yet been determined. This insurance, subsidized by the Government, would provide a "core benefit package," including hospital and physician services, X-ray and lab tests...