What Would Unitarian Universalists Do?

Cutting defense expenditures

The United States spends at least as much on the military as the next 7 countries combined:

Country	Military expenditures - dollar figure
World	aggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide in 1999 remained at approximately the 1998 level, about three-quarters of a trillion dollars (1999 est.)
United States	$276.7 billion (FY99 est.) Budget request for 2004:$399.1 billion (FY2004)
Russia	$65 billion (cdi.org)
France	$46.5 billion (2000)
Japan	$40.77 billion (FY01)
Germany	$38.8 billion (2002)
United Kingdom	$31.7 billion (2002)
Italy	$20.2 billion (2002)
China	$20.048 billion (2002); note - this is the officially announced figure, but actual defense spending more likely ranges from $45 billion to $65 billion for 2002
Saudi Arabia	$18.3 billion (FY00)
Brazil	$13.408 billion (FY99)
Korea, South	$12.8 billion (FY00)
India	$12,079.7 million (FY01)
Iran	$9.7 billion (FY00)
Australia	$9.3 billion (FY01/02 est.)
Israel	$8.97 billion (FY02)
Spain	$8.6 billion (2002)
Turkey	$8.1 billion (2002 est.)
Taiwan	$8,041.2 million (FY01)
Netherlands	$6.5 billion (FY00/01 est.)
Greece	$6.12 billion (FY99/00 est.)
Korea, North	$5,124.1 million (FY01)
Singapore	$4.47 billion (FY01/02 est.)
Argentina	$4.3 billion (FY99)
Egypt	$4.04 billion (FY99/00)
Mexico	$4 billion (FY99)