[Dialogue] FW: NEWS: A miracle in Congress

Fri Mar 10 09:54:51 EST 2006

I've always said I'd like my tax return to have a page with one column
showing how our taxes were spent the past year (by percentage) and a second
column for me to say how I'd like it spread the next year. Even if it were
never followed, I'd love to see the results. It just might look like the
"Common Sense Budget Act" - see below.

Sunny Walker

Institute of Cultural Affairs, Denver

303-671-0704

swalker at ica-usa.org 

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To: Linda Walker
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] NEWS: A miracle in Congress

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Military Budget Shifted to Schools, Healthcare by New Bill

Dear Linda, 

Admirals, generals and CEOs support this plan to spend more on kids and less
on useless Cold War weapons. Can you support the work needed to make it
happen?

CONTRIBUTE
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Yesterday, a group of courageous U.S. Representatives introduced the "Common
Sense Budget Act, " which would take $60 Billion in wasted Pentagon funding
and spend it instead on schools, doctors, and stuff we care about. 

This money could save 6 million kids who die of starvation each year in
impoverished countries. It could rebuild our public schools and provide
health insurance for our kids who don't have it. It could do all this and a
lot more, every year. And it's exactly what tens of thousands of
TrueMajority members have been asking for.

With a group of respected business and military leaders, we've planned a
yearlong campaign to spread that common sense across the country. Can you
donate <https://secure.truemajority.org/03/csba_fundraiser/nEd_vrFY15mrV?>
today to make it happen?

Our partner in this campaign, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, has
already established field offices in Iowa and New Hampshire. Full-page
newspaper ads have been prepared to pressure the House and Senate budget
chairmen to pay attention. We're making plans for delivering the 40,000+
petitions signed by TrueMajority members like you asking for a sensible,
moral federal budget.

But it will take $50,000 to keep the momentum going for the first half of
this year. Please
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contribute what you can.

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Yes, you'll be taking on a big job; the habit of giving away HALF of the
federal discretionary budget to defense contractors developed over decades
and won't be broken overnight. But look at the resources we have on our
side:

*	President Reagan's former Asst. Secretary of Defense,[3] 
*	a whole list of retired admirals and generals (including the former
commander of the U.S. Second Fleet),[4] 
*	650 current and former CEOs and other business leaders,[5]
*	...and the majority of the American public.[6]

And don't forget, some representatives are already so convinced this is the
right thing to do that they were willing to stick their necks out in an
election year.

"What better serves the cause of national security? Investment in first
responders, energy independence and global nutrition ... or billions that
we're still pouring into the F-22A Raptor, which was designed to outpace
Soviet fighter jets?" - Common Sense Budget Act sponsor Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)

Thanks for taking on this important work,

Matt Holland
TrueMajorityACTION's Online Director

References:

[1]  "
<http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/030806/liberals.ht
ml> Liberals seek $60B in cuts to defense." The Hill, 3/9/06.   

[2] " <http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/csba/text.php> The Common Sense
Budget Act."  

[3] Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1981-85,
administered about 70% of the defense budget. He has prepared a report,
identifying exactly where $60 billion can be saved from that
<http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/pdf/korb_report_Finalb.pdf> budget.

[4] The full list of military
<http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/csba/factsheet.php#advisors> advisors. 

[5] These are the members of BLSP. Learn more
<http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/who_we_are.php> here.  

[6] When presented the major items in the discretionary federal budget and
given the opportunity to modify it, Americans make some dramatic changes.
The largest cut by far is to defense spending...the largest increases are to
reductions in the deficit, various forms of social spending, and spending on
the environment.
<http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/DefenseSpending/FedBudget_Mar05/FedBudget
_Mar05_rpt.pdf> The PIPA/Knowledge Networks Poll. The Federal Budget: The
Public's Priorities.

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