The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less … - Michael Milken

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We don't so much solve our problems as we outgrow them. We add capacities and experiences that eventually make us bigger than the problems.

Michael Milken

The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less than. . . zero. . . point. . . zero. . . zero. . . zero. . . four. . . percent of our gross domestic product, or about one-seventh of what Americans spend on beauty products.

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