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Mon, 28 Jun 2004

"He's never really been pro-Republican," said Suzanne Defree, 26, of East Northport, "but I certainly trust Michael Moore more than I trust the president."

Over at Newsday.

Posted at 08:52 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink] [Reload all] [E-mail]

A bit of perspective (updated)

From the Borgen Project:

Annual Amount Needed To Address The World's Top Issues

Eliminate Starvation and Malnutrition ($19 billion)
Provide Shelter ($21 billion)
Remove Landmines ($4 billion)
Eliminate Nuclear Weapons ($7 billion)
Refugee Relief ($5 billion)
Eliminate Illiteracy ($5 billion)
Provide Clean, Safe Water ($10 billion)
Provide Health Care and AIDS Control ($21 billion)
Stabilize Population ($10.5 billion)
Prevent Soil Erosion ($24 billion)
Retire Developing Nations Debt ($30 billion)

...or a total of $156.5 billion a year, give or take.

U.S. Defense Budget: $401 Billion
U.S. Defense Contracts: $165 Billion

And the projected U.S. Corporate profits for this year? $1.2 trillion

(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis tax analysis spreadsheet)

Posted at 15:20 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink] [Reload all] [E-mail]