“Over the past six decades, we have spent a total of $7 trillion in today’s dollars on nuclear weapons. It is estimated that the investment required to solve the major humanitarian and environmental problems we face today would cost approximately $260 billion for 10 years. This includes eliminating starvation, providing adequate health care and AIDS control, providing shelter and clean water, eliminating illiteracy, providing sustainable energy, retiring developing nations debts, preventing global warming and removing landmines. This investment is less than one half of what we’ve spent on nuclear weapons!”
-Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Leaving the accuracy of the statement aside, just look at the numbers in the context of the last sentence. You’d wonder why they publish this stuff.
Filed under Anti-Nuclear Quote of the Day, Economics, Fun With Statistics, Politics and Regulation
Posted on April 30, 2006 by Stewart Peterson |
