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chan a full
cen
percenr of cheir
income on war. Sorne smaller narions
now cngaged in hót war or an arms
racc spcnd no less rhan
one fourth
of
rhcir GNP on war. Norrh Viernam,
Cambodia, Israel, and Egypc are in
chis caccgory.
Thc U. S. and
che
U.S.S.R. spend
mosr of che world's milirary dollars.
Lasc year, che Unired Scares spenr
nearly S80 bilJion of irs S800 billion
nacional income on defense and war.
One
chircl of che defense budger was
earmarked for Vietnam alonc. The
hidden
war expenses (including inter–
ese
on
che
war debe, vereran's
expenses, and war-caused inflation)
puc rhe U. S. - as well as rhe
U.S.S.R. - over che one-cench mark
and inro rhe "freewill offering" zone
of war expenses.
Yet
war hurcs che poor narions
mosr of all. The 93 underdeveloped
narions ( rhose counrries earning less
chan $200 per person per year - or
abouc SO
cenes
a day) spend rwicc as
much on war as chey receive in for–
eign aid for peace. They spcnd 40
percent more for war than for all
educarion! And, rragically, che gap
berween war and educarion is widen–
ing in rhese poor, bur war-rorn,
narions.
The average cirizen in an under–
developed counrry spends eighc dol–
lars for his narion's armaments. This
may sound like pockcr change, bur
even rhac miniscule amounr is ncarly
a full renrh of his average $100 per
year personal income. MuJciply his
individual
eighc
dollars (and small
change) by
cwo
billion impoverished
peoplc, and
che
toral arms expendí–
cure of rhe poor half of rhe world
ARMS MERCHANT SAMUEL CUM–
MINGS
in his gun works at Acton,
England, disploys one of over
500,000
small arms he offers for sale to world
nations. In many instances his corporo–
tion sells guns to both sides in a war
and then collects the used firearms
from the winner at a profit.
Counting both prívate and public arms,
there is now one gun for every man,
woman, and child on the planet.
Omilrr Koslerine - Tite
Ooily Telegroph Mogozine
PLAIN TRUTH November 1972