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Inflated Budget- A Letter to the Editor from TVC Board Member Jo Ann Frisch
Jan12
Date Printed: Janurary 5, 2012
Printed in: The Independent
By: Jo Ann Frisch
The so-called Super Committee failed to reach a deal on deficit reduction. This has triggered “sequestration” which means automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion split evenly between defense and civilian programs over the next ten years.
However, the GOP, in particular, wants to nullify the effects of “sequestration” on the pentagon budget. These are the very same people who got us in this spending mess in the first place. We have spent $3.7 trillion on their wars over the past ten years, which has driven the deficit to all-time highs. Thankfully, President Obama has steadfastly stated he will veto any effort to reduce the defense cuts.
Part of the solution to our budget problems can be achieved by also cutting the nuclear weapons budget which has continued to increase in spite of the end of the cold war two decades ago. Up to $700 billion is proposed to be spent on nuclear weapons and related programs over the next ten years. Urge your Congress people to support cutting this grossly inflated nuclear weapons budget.