To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Cut Defense
The United States spends 41 % of the world's share of defense expenditures. President Eisenhower, a military man and a Republican, warned that the military industrial complex was becoming too powerful and threatening our democracy. The military/defense lobby subverts our democratic process and our ability to develop greater goals for our society.
Why is this important?
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon arguments that the facility is unnecessary and Democratic complaints that the nearly $5 billion project amounts to wasteful spending in a time of tight budgets.
House Pressing Ahead With Higher 2013 Defense Budget Than Obama Proposal
By ROBERT BURNS and DONNA CASSATA 05/09/12 10:13 PM ET AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/pentagon-budget-house-obama-cuts_n_1502898.html
House Pressing Ahead With Higher 2013 Defense Budget Than Obama Proposal
By ROBERT BURNS and DONNA CASSATA 05/09/12 10:13 PM ET AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/pentagon-budget-house-obama-cuts_n_1502898.html