What about the poor? What about those who hunger amidst plenty? What about the slums? What about pollution? What about housing? What about transit? What about hospitals and education? Billions for the cannon kings. but how much to rebuild our cities? Billions for defense. but how much to rebuild the lives of millions of Americans caught in the slum trap? Billions for defense. but how much for migrant workers who feed us? Billions for obsolete. ineffective defense systems. but how much for 19 million hungry Americans to ease their pain. suffering. and wretched squalor? A society is known by its priorities.