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Military spending has soared, while govt. and media have pretended there's a shortage of funding for everything else.
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it has made us less safe, while murdering innocents, destroying the environment, eroding civil liberties, fueling bigotry, justifying government secrecy, and risking nuclear apocalypse (there's a section on each of these points on the homepage of http://worldbeyondwar.org )
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the public has long favored moving money from war and war preparations to human and environmental emergencies (see data for progress poll last summer on moving 10% just before Congress voted against moving 10%)
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the tradeoffs are incredible, unfathomable, unimaginable; 3% of $1t could end starvation on earth ( https://worldbeyondwar.org/3percent -- I think that's the link, the site is down)
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there is no need and it makes zero sense to start talking in nationalist manner about spending the money ON US, the important 4% of humanity, the military budget is enough that a fraction of it could transform the US *and* the rest of the world
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an infrastructure plan or green new deal that doesn't move money from military spending is not serious, is tying one hand behind its back
we don't need a smaller or larger government, but a different one -- we need to MOVE money
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we don't need a smaller or larger government, but a different one -- we need to MOVE money
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there is more than enough economic advantage in moving money out of militarism to retrain and aid every single person impacted and have piles of cash left over
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congress mems for decades have pattern of lying about commitments, so we need them to not just join a new caucus or make a new statement but to swear on their campaign "contributions" that they will vote against any military spending bill that does not move at least 10% out
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(it only takes a small number of Democrats in one house to stop a bill if Republicans find their own crazy reasons to oppose it)
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the federal government is arming police with war weapons, not to save money, but to spend more money on newer weapons -- see https://rootsaction.org
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