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There is an excellent article in AntiWar.com The Amash Rebellion I wish I had the authority to reprint the entire article here,
Americans are sick and tired of war, they are incredulous when they see their own country going down the tubes while our preening politicians plot “regime change” in faraway lands, and they positively hate “foreign aid. So why – if the US is a “democracy,” . . .
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/12/13/the-amash-rebellion/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/116298735/Bipartisan-Defense-Savings-Letter-12-10-12
44 Representatives signed a letter proposing Defense cuts (See above link). It’s bipartisan if you are in their district thank them. If not let’s demand our Reps sign a new letter joining them.
Click on the above link for names than if your rep. is not on it demand they join the letter asking for defense cuts.
Also there is an effort afoot to fire House Speaker John Boehner. rge your Rep. to pick a new speaker who were among the signers of the letter demanding Defense cuts.
We mustn’t let the retirement rise, unfairly attacking those who are now age 64 with little immediate affect on revenue. However readjustment the cost of living increase formula and at the same time making a 30 to 60% cut in the military budget would be better than keeping today’s constantly increasing military budget and today’s cost of living increase formula at the same time, because it is better to have a small piece of hardy cheese cake, than a constantly rising amount of whipped cream, that will all blow away when the currency collapse.
http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/99-99/15005-libertarian-purge-an-invisible-witch-hunt
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I agree with cutting military spending. However, please do some additional reading and thinking about cuts to social programs.
Changes to the SS retirement age, theMedicare eligibility age, and the cost of living calculation harm not just people “now age 64″ but any seniors in the future. Both of these programs can be strengthened, made more secure, and provide enhanced benefits by progressive tax policies, and Medicare for All.
SS retirement age
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3402
Medicare eligibility age
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3564
Chained CPI
http://strengthensocialsecurity.org/sites/default/files/Chained%20CPI%20_factsheet%20Final.pdf
Yes, people in Congress oppose wasteful defense spending. Unfortunately, most representatives and Senators are really happy to see military spending decrease, as long as it doesn’t affect their district or their state.
Way back in the mid-eighties, Reader’s Digest did a survey of totally useless military bases that military leaders had said could be closed without any harm to our defense. Seven eight years later, those bases were still open. No elected official wants anything closed down in their district!
And these days, reports afoot show our military leaders are involved with monies for defense – I imagine a world in which people in high command are seeing oodles of money going directly to them. Ever wonder how 20 billion in Iraq and 78 billion in Afghanistan went missing? And the US military leadership said about the missing monies in Iraq – “Well don’t blame us – hundreds of millions would be put on pallets and left on the street, without protection.”
I wanted to to refind a link of Rep. Walter Jones. However I found a link that really emphasizes what Elise Mattu was talking about. It is worth clicking on to get a feel of the hysteria over the lost of military jobs,
http://www2.wnct.com/news/2012/aug/30/rep-walter-jones-speaks-about-possible-military-bu-ar-2563621/