To: President Donald Trump
Permanent Military Spending Caps
We demand that Military and Defense spending be kept to no more than 10% of our nations federal tax revenue on any given fiscal year. This would reduce military spending from over 700 Billion in publicly acknowledged spending and permanently cap it at around 300 Billion.
This can easily be accomplished by:
1)Permanantly closing 300 overseas military bases. (currenlty 600-700 worldwide)
2)Permanantly capping spending on the purchase or research of new weapons systems to 5% of the reduced military budget or 15 Billion a year.
3)Reducing our worldwide standing Naval presence by half from 300 ships to150.
The USA should no longer be the exemplification of a global military empire. The US Military Industrial Complex can migrate to new and more meaningful business markets and pursuits.
This can easily be accomplished by:
1)Permanantly closing 300 overseas military bases. (currenlty 600-700 worldwide)
2)Permanantly capping spending on the purchase or research of new weapons systems to 5% of the reduced military budget or 15 Billion a year.
3)Reducing our worldwide standing Naval presence by half from 300 ships to150.
The USA should no longer be the exemplification of a global military empire. The US Military Industrial Complex can migrate to new and more meaningful business markets and pursuits.
Why is this important?
We can no longer sustain the worldwide military empire at the expense of our citizens health and well being as well as the safety and security of our nations' infrastructure.