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billions o f dollars.
“ B e fo re w e sp e n d a d d itio n a l
m oney on Star W ars, w e need to
consider the technology, the cost,
the threats and the im pact on arm s
control.
“The frequent test failures d em ­
onstrates ju st how difficult effec­
tive m issile defense is. W e should
not risk A m erican lives on a bet that
m is s ile d e f e n s e w ill w o r k ,”
B lum enauer said.
“Since the late 1950s, the U nited
States has already poured over $ 120
billion into m issile defense efforts
w ith alm ost nothing to show for it.
But the m ore w e spend, the m ore
likely w e w ill push countries that
already have nuclear w eapons, such
as R ussia and C hina, to m aintain or
expand their arsenals.
“ W e risk destroying the entire
Congressm an Earl Blumenauer has
joined activists from across the coun­
try voicing opposition to President
G eorge W. B u sh ’s national m issile
defense policies.
“ W e have a president w ho is in­
sisting that m ore research is needed
on global warning before we will com ­
m it to anything w hen there is sound
science already proving that global
w arm ing is creating problem s w orld­
wide.
“ But on the national m issile de­
fense, the president is willing to spend
billions o f dollars on a system that is
scientifically unproven and has been
show n not to work. It’s expensive,
ineffective and diplom atically, it’s a
step in the w rong direction.”
A ccording to B lum enauer, these
efforts are d angerous, and could
potentially cost tlie U nited States
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nonproliferation regim e that the U.S.
has tirelessly built o ver the last 50
years.”
then no defense at all. W e should
spend our m oney on m ore useful
th ings," B lum enauer said.
Lottery Dollars
the less g u ard ed , b u t m uch m ore
in h o sp itab le reg io n s o f th e A ri­
zo n a desert.
“ P eo p le w h o illeg ally e n ter the
U n ited S tates h av e o n ly th e m ­
selv es to blam e. T h ey sh o u ld be
o b ey in g the law ,” so m e peo p le
su g g e st.
B ut isn ’t that w h at E ast G e r­
m an au th o rities u sed to say ab o u t
p eo p le they k illed trying to cross
the B erlin W all? T h ro u g h o u t h is­
to ry , p eo p le seeking eith er free­
d om or b etter eco n o m ic co n d i­
tions h av e n ev er p erm itted w alls
to g et in th eir w ay. It is the w alls
th a t g o v e rn m e n ts c o n s tru c t to
im p e d e p e o p l e ’s h o p e s a n d
d re a m s fo r fre e d o m a n d e c o ­
nom ic im p ro v em en t that are the
real crim e.
M ore than a d ecade ago, A m eri­
cans rejo iced at th e dism an tlin g
o f o n e o f th e u g lie st w alls in
h istory.
I t’s tim e to d ism an tle o u r w all
and to treat peo p le w h o w ish to
e n te r th e U n ite d S tates as the
h um an beings th ey are.
O n the heels o f his recen t reg ret
for the d ru g -w ar deaths in P eru o f
a m ission ary an d her bab y , P re si­
dent B ush has n o w ex p ressed c o n ­
dolences for deaths o f 14 M ex ican
citizens on the A rizo n a desert. T he
m en died o f th irst and ex p o su re
after crossing into the U n ited States
from M exico.
U .S governm ent officials b lam ed
the deaths on the “co y o te” w h o led
th e m e n a c ro ss th e b o rd e r an d
then aban d o n ed them w ith o u t p ro ­
vid in g them w ith su fficien t su p ­
plies. B ut the p resid en t, m em b ers
o f C o n g re s s , IN S , a n d B o rd e r
P atro l, ca n n o t esca p e th e ir o w n
respo n sib ility for th ese 14 deaths.
F o r years, the U.S. g o v ern m en t
has spent m illio n s o f tax dollars
constru ctin g an d refo rtify in g a w all
along the S ou th ern b o rd er in C a li­
fornia.
T h e p u rp o se o f th e w all? T o
p revent L atin A m erica im m igrants
from illeg ally en terin g the U n ited
S tates, in clu d in g those w h o sim-,
p ly w an t to com e h ere to work.
E veryone k n ew th at as the U .S.
w all b ecam e in creasin g ly fortified,
im m igrants w o u ld have to m o v e
farther east to m ak e th eir cro ss­
ing, A n d that m ean t crossing o v er
“ A m issile defense that does not
w ork w hile exacerbating tensions
with potential adversaries is far worse
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renoxate historic buildings, and
b u ild new b o a t ra m p s a n t
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In addition to o u r state p a rk s,
Lottery dollars are w orking all
acro ss O regon su p p o rtin g the
th in g s th a t a re im p o rta n t to
O reg o n ian s. O x e r $2.6 billion
in O regon Lottery profits h as
gone to help o u r econom y , o u r
schools, and o u r enx ironm ent.
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