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Similarly, the arms race has impeded the ability of the U.S. to provide for its people, even if our economy has proven relatively more resilient. The United States currently spends $300 billion on military spending each year, plus billions more in debt interest to pay for past military spending...
...cannot indefinitely survive on its rich inheritance of public facilities from past generations. In order to remain competitive, we must invest in roads, schools, airports, public transportation, basic research, worker retraining and other expensive necessities that will pay off down the road. In other words, we need to forego some consumption today in order to ensure the productivity and prosperity of future generations. As the most gluttonous consumer in the economy, the Pentagon must bear the brunt of the cost...
...Valentine's Day is constructed as a women's event. Women, who have no President's Days or Memorial Days or Columbus Days, are stuck with two red-letter slots on the calendar--Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. In a sense, both play the same function. They pay symbolic tribute to the stereotypically feminine attributes of emotional sensitivity. They demand ritualized male acquiescence, elaborate paeans to women's invaluable role in the private sphere...
...They were willing to pay compensation competitive to the investment world," Cabot says. "And they placed great responsibility on the CEO in the sense that he would manage the activities of the company, that they weren't going to get in the way of investment policy...
...matter how clearly the Arabs see that threat, their pressure is unlikely to force Gorbachev to choke off Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. The future success of perestroika will depend heavily on economic and technical assistance from the West, and part of the fee Gorbachev will have to pay for such help is to provide an open door for those of his countrymen who want to leave...