Lucas,
From Wisconsin to Washington, D.C., and all across the country, the dull and rusty budget axes are hacking away.
Meanwhile, ordinary Americans remain trapped in an economy made dysfunctional by the irresponsibility and insatiable greed of Big Business and Wall Street.
Yet Congress will soon vote on a spending bill that would INCREASE funding to the Pentagon.
Make the Pentagon tighten its belt as we've all had to do.
The Pentagon already accounts for more than half of the spending Congress approves, not even counting money for wars!
Our friends at TrueMajority.org* have launched a campaign called "Not $1 More" to demand that Congress freeze Pentagon spending at 2010 levels and look for ways to cut spending on war and weapons in the future.
Sign on to the Not $1 More campaign today.
The bill under consideration would increase the Pentagon's budget for this year by $8 billion over last year.
If we're thinking about slashing resources for critical programs and services--like job training, home heating assistance and energy research--then everything should be on the table during budget debates.
Join the "Not $1 More" campaign now and tell Congress to make the military-industrial mega-corporations live on a budget just like the rest of us.
Thank you for taking action!
Sincerely,
Robert Weissman
President, Public Citizen
*TrueMajority.org was founded by Ben Cohen--of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream--to increase America's investment in programs that benefit our children (like schools, health care and Head Start) by cutting Cold War weapons systems and shifting the savings.