According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), global military expenditure for the world amounted to USD $1.7 trillion in 2011. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_spending) The 10 countries with the highest military spending amounted to USD $1.3 trillion, with its growth rate averaging 5% year-over-year and 52% for the decade 2002-2011. (View spreadsheet here http://goo.gl/su1tQ) In order to bring about peace and humanity on Earth, we implore countries to repurpose their military spending for Community Pax.
Instead of funding guards and soldiers, and reinforcing the battlements, of castles on Mount Olympus, we urge that funds be allocated to the quality of life and the dignity of humanity. In order to proceed with CHiRP2020 (Community Home Renovation Project 2020), we appeal to countries with a positive percent change in military spending over the previous accountable decade (PAD, 2002-2011) to immediately, and annually thereafter, repurpose funds allocated to military spending to projects that address the cause (the root problem) with twice the averaged percent increase in military spending over PAD, with no less than 50% dedicated to extranational, and the balance to domestic, CHiRP2020 projects; with at least 25% of the funding dedicated to extranational efforts to be allocated to the 20% of countries with the highest population:GDP.
The estimated 2013 Community Pax (CP2013) of USD $164B from the 7 of 10 highest military spending countries with an average increase in PAD military spending amounts to only 13% of their 2011 military expenditures. This amount, annually, like organic compost and water, should suffice to put out fires and global warming, and negate the need for pesticides, guns, wars, and riots. Imagine what problems an annual $1.3 trillion, rather than just $164 billion, from the 7 of 10 highest military spending countries could solve.
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