Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cbdkc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!tjs From: tjs@cbdkc1.UUCP ( Tom Stanions) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: How Big Is A Trillion? Message-ID: <1096@cbdkc1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 09:12:12 EDT Article-I.D.: cbdkc1.1096 Posted: Thu Aug 15 09:12:12 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 05:37:09 EDT References: <126@well.UUCP> <338@aero.ARPA> Reply-To: tjs@dkc1.UUCP ( Tom Stanions) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 17 In article <338@aero.ARPA> foy@aero.UUCP (Richard Foy (Veh. Systems)) writes: >In article <126@well.UUCP> bcx@well.UUCP (Bryan Costales) writes: >>on "defense" in just 6 years! -- How much would it cost to pay $1,000.00 to >>each and every man, woman and child in the Soviet Union? > >I wonder if it might be easier and perhaps just as productive if we spent >about 0.1% of the defense budget to finance trips of private people carrying >individual gifts to the Soviet people. Do you think that the Russian people are "the ememy"? True they are programmed to dislike (hate?) us. The real enemy is the ruling class of people who have all the money they need. Matching wits and spending whatever it costs to keep abreast with this group of people seems to make a lot of sense. I'd hate to try it your way and find out you were wrong. {allegra|ihnp4}!cbdkc1!tjs