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kpete

(72,024 posts) Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:53 AM Nov 2015

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If the whole world stopped spending money on the military for JUST 8 days:

http://www.one.org/us/2015/07/06/books-not-bullets-a-birthday-request-from-malala/

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If the whole world stopped spending money on the military for JUST 8 days: (Original Post) kpete Nov 2015 OP

Very telling. If only wishes would come true in this case. riversedge Nov 2015 #1

If you can get the employees to work for free those 8 days a year yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #5

Imagine what would happen if we stopped for a month. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #2

Imagine the benefits of the US cutting it's military budget in half? GGJohn Nov 2015 #3

Imagine how many people we could feed with that too n/t Hydra Nov 2015 #4

riversedge

(70,322 posts)

1. Very telling. If only wishes would come true in this case.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:57 AM

Nov 2015

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

5. If you can get the employees to work for free those 8 days a year

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:48 AM

Nov 2015

That would be amazing. I doubt that will happen.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. Imagine what would happen if we stopped for a month.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:03 AM

Nov 2015

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

3. Imagine the benefits of the US cutting it's military budget in half?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:06 AM

Nov 2015

We would still have the largest military budget, while providing those benefits.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)

4. Imagine how many people we could feed with that too n/t

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:09 AM

Nov 2015

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