Violence at home or abroad, is NOT the answer!
In support of the national “Jobs-Not-wars” campaign
With last week’s overwhelmingly sad and tragic news of gun violence in Newtown, CT, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 young children, we are reminded of the importance of joining together to make America and our world a safer place for all. We applaud the president’s commitment to do something to reduce the level of violence in our society and look forward to his proposals.
Violence, whether at home or war abroad, is too often our answer. We need to find alternative solutions that de-escalate violence and instigate peace in our world. Violence simply begets more violence. That is true for how Americans relate to one another and how our country relates to the rest of the world.
War is destructive and costly. War kills and wounds people. War is destructive to our environment – leaving behind depleted uranium and other toxic substances that kill people, cause birth defects, contaminate water … and the list goes on and on.
War and outrageous Pentagon spending has a detrimental effect on our whole economy. We all lose, when we chose to spend 57% of our discretionary funds on War and the preparation for war. Our voices can help reduce violence at home and abroad. Please Click Here to Sign a Petition urging the President and Congress to abandon austerity solutions to the deficit and instead end the war, cut military spending, tax the super-rich, and redirect resources to restore and protect the social safety net, create jobs and meet other urgent social needs.
• To look to the Pentagon first – that’s where all the money is!! We can cut billions and still protect America. Unnecessary and wasteful spending simply maintains huge profits for military contractors and does not make our country more secure.
• The Pentagon receives more money than it needs in its budget. This year it is holding more than $100 billion in unobligated (surplus) funds.
• The Pentagon is the only federal agency NOT subject to an annual audit. In one year, the Pentagon loses, wastes or misspends more than the combined budgets of 5 other departments: State, Interior, Commerce, Justice & Energy.
• There are lots of places in the bloated run-away Pentagon budget where cuts could be made that won’t impact national security – waste, fraud and abuse, weapons systems that don’t work for use against enemies that no longer exist, and more.
Click Here to Sign the Petition.
Thank you for your time and continued support.
The Peace Economy project
