Where do we want our taxes to go? To strengthen our communities? Or to build deadlier bombs?
Dateline: January 11, 1965: MIT President Stratton on the Military and Universities
Posted by:
Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, November 10, 2014
On January 11, 1965, MIT President Julius Stratton spoke to the Technology and Culture Seminar. Here is an excerpt:
A Healthy Alliance? Universities and the Military
Posted by:
Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Sunday, November 9, 2014
The US military budget for fiscal year 2015 is $756.4 billion, the second largest Federal expenditure after Social Security ($896 billion). Of the military's $756 billion budget, approximately $80 billion is allocated for weapons research and development. And finally, of that $80 billion for weapons research and development, approximately $12 billion is awarded to American universities.