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oe * governments were cut, more could be spent on the kind of aid which ‘This means that we must stop aiding military and feudal govern- ments just because they claim to be our friends. If military aid to such meets people’s needs. - Just as reducing military spending at home would release funds to help solve the poverty problem, eo reductions of military aid abroad could help to create a real social deterrent—we could line up with forces in the developing nations who are trying to bring a betier way of life to their people. Only when we commit ourselves fully to helping the forces of reform throughout the world will people begin to consider democratic alternatives. Military strength does not give us security at home, and it does not act as an effective deterrent to total abroad. A sound dor policy is one which solves the problems of inequality and poverty—and 80 is a sound foreign policy. [HOW YOUR TAX DOLLAR IS SPENT] VETERANS. PAYMENTS, INTEREST ON ‘NATIONAL DEBT | “ 18¢ aa | : A re-examination of our military budget has been taking place. Some cutbacks have been made, and a few more may come. But these cutbacks (about $1 billion this year) have already created a real un- employment problem in some parts of the country. Even without cut- backs, unemployment has been increasing and is now about five to eight per cent of the labor force (depending on whether you include those who are only employed part time and those who have given up looking for jobs). Unless there is serious planning for conversion to a peacetime world, economists have said we.may have anywhere from 8, mere neveny sais