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Old 06-23-2010, 05:21 PM  
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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
It's $3M over 3 years, in which hopefully we gain some new technology/knowledge while testing somebody else's citizens (and not our own) and maybe cut down AIDS in the process.

Of course... we could try new products on ourselves instead. How about that?
That's how I read it as well.

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions View Post
It's wasted money. The best contraception is an improving economy which fuels education levels for women. As studies indicate in Mexico and other places, the higher the education level of women, the less children they have. Also, as indicated by population trends in Singapore, Italy, Germany, and Japan--once a country reaches a certain economic threshold, birthrate drops... A LOT.
True but those diseases are still a problem in every single one of those countries and every other country for that matter.
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