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Peace dividend questioned: Missoula speaker criticizes continued defense spending and urges reallocation
Summary
Molly, interim director of the Jeanette Rankin Peace Resource Center, told a Missoula MLK Day crowd that despite the Cold War’s end the U.S. military budget remained large and that a ‘peace dividend’ has not materialized for social programs.
Molly, interim program director at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Resource Center, told a Jan. 15 Missoula gathering that the United States had not realized a promised “peace dividend” after the Cold War and urged redirecting defense dollars to social programs.
“Even at our currently low level of reductions, we could be rerouting 50 to $100,000,000,000 a year from the defense budget by fiscal year 1995,” Molly said. She criticized ongoing funding for…
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