Why does the U.S., which lavishes nearly $300 billion annually on its military machine, fail to provide the relatively piddling sums needed to care for poor expectant mothers and their children? That question arises whenever new data appear about America's disgraceful infant-mortality rate. The short answer is that the question is based on the false assumption that squeezing the Pentagon will mean more funds for better prenatal care. In fact, the Administration plans to trim defense spending by $44 billion over the next five years. The savings will trickle into the S&L; bailout and other fiscal black holes.
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