$1 trillion military budget: Straightgoods.com
 
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:09:44 -0600 (CST)



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US military budget has 12 zeroes

Friends Service Committee blows whistle on trillion-dollar war budget.

Dateline: Monday, February 11, 2008

from the American Friends Service Committee

For the first time in history, the total 2009 US military budget proposed 
by the president will surpass one trillion dollars. The military budget has 
increased by 70 percent since President Bush took office, according to the 
White House. FCNL calculates that the increase may be closer to 100 
percent: <http://action.fcnl.org/r/5626/39918/>action.fcnl.org/r/5626/39918/.

This amount of military spending starves other domestic and international 
priorities, shortchanging programs that are vital to our security, health, 
and welfare as a nation.

The president's budget proposes reducing domestic spending by $454 billion 
in the next five years. These cuts would be felt by millions of people in 
this country. Internationally, the administration continues to focus on 
building US capabilities to fight and win wars, while providing little 
money for the tools necessary to prevent deadly conflict. Has the 
spectacular failure of the war in Iraq taught the US nothing? Find out more 
about what's in the president's budget: 
<http://action.fcnl.org/r/5627/39918/>action.fcnl.org/r/5627/39918/ ...

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Penney Kome, author and journalist
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Editor, Straight Goods, http://straightgoods.com