The War Is Making You Poor

[and-justice-for-all]

Next week, there is going to be a "debate" in Congress on yet another war funding bill. The bill is supposed to pass without debate, so no one will notice.

What George Orwell wrote about in "1984" has come true. What Eisenhower warned us about concerning the "military-industrial complex" has come true. War is a permanent feature of our societal landscape, so much so that no one notices it anymore.

But we're going to change this. Today, we're introducing a bill called 'The War Is Making You Poor Act'. The purpose of this bill is to connect the dots, and to show people in a real and concrete way the cost of these endless wars. We're working to get co-sponsors in Congress, but, we need citizen co-sponsors as well. Become a citizen cosponsor today at TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com. Act Now.

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=34

Next year's budget allocates $159,000,000,000 to perpetuate the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. That's enough money to eliminate federal income taxes for the first $35,000 of every American's income. Beyond that, leaves over $15 billion to cut the deficit.

And that's what this bill does. It eliminates separate funding for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and eliminates federal income taxes for everyone's first $35,000 of income ($70,000 for couples). Plus it pays down the national debt. Does that sound good to you? Then please sign our petition in support of this bill, and help us build a movement to end our permanent state of war.

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=34

The costs of the war have been rendered invisible. There's no draft. Instead, we take the most vulnerable elements of our population, and give them a choice between unemployment and missile fodder. Government deficits conceal the need to pay in cash for the war.

We put the cost of both guns and butter on our Chinese credit card. In fact, we don't even put these wars on budget; they are still passed using 'emergency supplemental'. A nine-year 'emergency'.

Let's show Congress the cost of these wars is too much for us.

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=34

Tell Congress that you like 'The War Is Making You Poor Act'. No, tell Congress you love it.

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=34

All we are saying is "give peace a chance." We will end these wars.

Together.

Courage,

Alan Grayson

[lunatica]

1. Finally someone addressing the issue of wars without end!

War makes everyone except profiteers like the Bush family and Blackwater poor. War is bad for everything.

[Autumn]

2. Thank you Alan Grayson,

at last a politician is willing to "give peace a chance."

[msongs]

3. obama has 2 wars ... but wait! new and improved war in pakistan now in progress nt

[chill_wind]

4. My most favorite man in Congress. K & R.

The Cost of War IS making us poor:

http://www.costofwar.com

[Dappleganger]

5. Brilliant! nt

[and-justice-for-all]

6. kick...nt

[ima_sinnic]

7. this bill eliminates taxes on everybody's first $35,000--sign the petition (nt)

[KansasVoter]

8. Wow, no defenders of the war posting yet.

[neildan]

9. We need to get the fuck out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Every president gets sucked into this crap by the Joint Chiefs. There has never ben a war that they didn't want to fight.

[tilsammans]

10. A HUGE K&R!!!

:patriot:

[and-justice-for-all]

11. kick...nt