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Tell the President and Congress to Fund America's Future First!
Sponsored by: WANDOn February 6, 2006, President Bush announced his proposed federal budget for Fiscal Year 2007. In an effort to secure America, he proposes a dramatic increase in military funding - with significant cuts to social services like health, education, housing, and nutrition. These cuts fall disproportionately on women, children, the elderly, and the poor.
Shouldn't America's security be about investing in American's health, welfare, and preparedness at home first?
Hurricane Katrina made it overtly clear that even after the 9/11 crisis, America's systems of emergency response are far from where they need to be. Our country still remains ill-prepared to handle major natural disasters and attacks by so-called weapons of mass destruction.
Last year, OVER HALF of our discretionary budget went towards Pentagon funding - nearly half a trillion dollars. And THIS year, Bush wants to increase the Pentagon's slice of the pie by 7%, to $463 billion. (This doesn't include the price of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have cost over $300 billion since 2001.)
When he pumps more money into the Pentagon, he's also funneling funds away from 141 social programs - including education, environmental protection, disease research, programs that assist low-income families, and emergency preparedness - the stuff that really protects Americans and secures our futures.
It's time for your voice to be heard. Urge the President and the Senate that they need to put American's security at home FIRST. Our defense budget is far larger than any other country's, and our military is far and away the largest and strongest in the world. Security is more than the biggest military. We can afford to invest in the security and well being of all of us at home.
It's time to make real change to the budget, to reflect our real priorities and values.
Shouldn't America's security be about investing in American's health, welfare, and preparedness at home first?
Hurricane Katrina made it overtly clear that even after the 9/11 crisis, America's systems of emergency response are far from where they need to be. Our country still remains ill-prepared to handle major natural disasters and attacks by so-called weapons of mass destruction.
Last year, OVER HALF of our discretionary budget went towards Pentagon funding - nearly half a trillion dollars. And THIS year, Bush wants to increase the Pentagon's slice of the pie by 7%, to $463 billion. (This doesn't include the price of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have cost over $300 billion since 2001.)
When he pumps more money into the Pentagon, he's also funneling funds away from 141 social programs - including education, environmental protection, disease research, programs that assist low-income families, and emergency preparedness - the stuff that really protects Americans and secures our futures.
It's time for your voice to be heard. Urge the President and the Senate that they need to put American's security at home FIRST. Our defense budget is far larger than any other country's, and our military is far and away the largest and strongest in the world. Security is more than the biggest military. We can afford to invest in the security and well being of all of us at home.
It's time to make real change to the budget, to reflect our real priorities and values.
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We signed the “Tell the President and Congress to Fund America's Future First!” petition!
# 150:
10:18 am PST, Feb 15,
Linda Paff, Indiana
# 149:
10:17 am PST, Feb 15,
Charlie Hogue, Iowa
This is not a representative government by and for the people. We need to flush this government down the toilet.
This is not a representative government by and for the people. We need to flush this government down the toilet.
# 148:
10:17 am PST, Feb 15,
RayNice Hoffman, Pennsylvania
# 147:
10:16 am PST, Feb 15,
Name not displayed, Ohio
Please, fund programs in the U.S.A. before spending more money on military!
Please, fund programs in the U.S.A. before spending more money on military!
# 146:
10:11 am PST, Feb 15,
Rossilyn Adams, Texas
# 145:
10:10 am PST, Feb 15,
Bonnie Soules, California
Give Peace a chance. GIVE to your home first. Give till it hurts and then give some more.
Give Peace a chance. GIVE to your home first. Give till it hurts and then give some more.
# 144:
10:08 am PST, Feb 15,
Name not displayed, Kansas
# 143:
10:07 am PST, Feb 15,
Honeysucklebarb Liebowitz, New Jersey
# 142:
10:07 am PST, Feb 15,
Marc Rubin, New Jersey
# 141:
9:53 am PST, Feb 15,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 140:
9:50 am PST, Feb 15,
Elana Kritikos, Illinois
Preserving the "American way of life" begins with attending to issues such as health, environment, and education. We shouldn't be policing the world at the expense of these most basic key issues.
Preserving the "American way of life" begins with attending to issues such as health, environment, and education. We shouldn't be policing the world at the expense of these most basic key issues.
# 139:
9:47 am PST, Feb 15,
Denis Kutch, California
Please return the future of our nation to the people, not the military!!!
Please return the future of our nation to the people, not the military!!!
# 138:
9:47 am PST, Feb 15,
Farzaneh Anarmeshk, Arizona
farzaneh
farzaneh
# 137:
9:39 am PST, Feb 15,
Robin Zarko, Pennsylvania
# 136:
9:33 am PST, Feb 15,
Angela Polaco, Nevada
# 135:
9:14 am PST, Feb 15,
Robin Brown, Massachusetts
# 134:
9:03 am PST, Feb 15,
Rashid El Amin, Illinois
please fund america
please fund america
# 133:
9:03 am PST, Feb 15,
Steve Cox, California
Our Children Our Future...Please do'nt take away from that, the funds are already too slim.
Our Children Our Future...Please do'nt take away from that, the funds are already too slim.
# 132:
9:02 am PST, Feb 15,
Name not displayed, New York
Dear President Bush and Congress, Please do fund America's future first, meaning mainly education, healthcare, and sustainable programs. God Bless you, and May God's Will be done. Amen. Thank you.
Dear President Bush and Congress, Please do fund America's future first, meaning mainly education, healthcare, and sustainable programs. God Bless you, and May God's Will be done. Amen. Thank you.
# 131:
8:49 am PST, Feb 15,
Alexandra Ross, New York
# 130:
8:33 am PST, Feb 15,
Fay Kelley, Arizona
# 129:
8:30 am PST, Feb 15,
Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
# 128:
7:34 am PST, Feb 15,
Teresita Garza, Florida
# 127:
6:45 am PST, Feb 15,
Tim Keppel, Minnesota
# 126:
6:06 am PST, Feb 15,
Jason J Green, Virginia
# 125:
5:50 am PST, Feb 15,
Name not displayed, New York
# 124:
5:34 am PST, Feb 15,
Pamela Mcclure, Indiana
# 123:
5:29 am PST, Feb 15,
Charles Mcclure, Indiana
# 122:
5:22 am PST, Feb 15,
Michael Brewster, Texas
The US Government must start putting the US citizens first on the priority list. Help other countries secondary.
The US Government must start putting the US citizens first on the priority list. Help other countries secondary.
# 121:
4:03 am PST, Feb 15,
Rain Devitt, Ireland
# 120:
3:57 am PST, Feb 15,
Jan Boarman, Florida
# 119:
3:33 am PST, Feb 15,
Michael Dowdy, Missouri
Our public schools are crumbling from neglect , our highways are in dire need of repairs,our seniors, disabled, poor, and children are left hungry, without adequate medical care, our mentally ill are left homeless, hungry, and without proper medical attention, our youth are struggling to pay for higher education, and our middle-class is left struggling to feed, clothe, and provide adequate medical care for their children while billions are wasted in Iraq while halliburton and other big businesses are committing fraud agnist the american public! Time to end this illegal and immoral war and put americans and their interests first!!!
Our public schools are crumbling from neglect , our highways are in dire need of repairs,our seniors, disabled, poor, and children are left hungry, without adequate medical care, our mentally ill are left homeless, hungry, and without proper medical attention, our youth are struggling to pay for higher education, and our middle-class is left struggling to feed, clothe, and provide adequate medical care for their children while billions are wasted in Iraq while halliburton and other big businesses are committing fraud agnist the american public! Time to end this illegal and immoral war and put americans and their interests first!!!
# 118:
2:37 am PST, Feb 15,
Donna Martin, Canada
Nothing is as important than the citizens of this country. After all Mr. President, you work for us!
Nothing is as important than the citizens of this country. After all Mr. President, you work for us!
# 117:
2:29 am PST, Feb 15,
Cathe Romano, California
# 116:
1:48 am PST, Feb 15,
Hercolena Oliver, South Africa
Security starts at home by stabilising society at root level as the family is the primary teaching situation and source of security & inner prevailing structures must be stablilised before attending to outward security measures.
Security starts at home by stabilising society at root level as the family is the primary teaching situation and source of security & inner prevailing structures must be stablilised before attending to outward security measures.
# 115:
1:11 am PST, Feb 15,
Pamn Palade, Nevada
# 114:
11:05 pm PST, Feb 14,
David Marcy, Oregon
# 113:
9:30 pm PST, Feb 14,
Wanda Gray, Arkansas
# 112:
9:11 pm PST, Feb 14,
MysticMoon Wolf, North Carolina
# 110:
8:58 pm PST, Feb 14,
Dee Emry, Iowa
# 109:
8:00 pm PST, Feb 14,
Jennifer Collins, Alabama
# 108:
7:55 pm PST, Feb 14,
Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
"For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT U.S. TROOPS, AND GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
"For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT U.S. TROOPS, AND GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
# 107:
7:45 pm PST, Feb 14,
Name not displayed, New York
# 106:
7:35 pm PST, Feb 14,
Nancy Vernand, California
# 105:
7:29 pm PST, Feb 14,
Patricia Stelter, Ohio
It's the old story of guns or butter. The United States better wise up and realize that our money to guns will only hurt the social issues and protection to our own citizens. We need to take care of our own citizens and not fight "wars" around the world.
It's the old story of guns or butter. The United States better wise up and realize that our money to guns will only hurt the social issues and protection to our own citizens. We need to take care of our own citizens and not fight "wars" around the world.
# 104:
7:26 pm PST, Feb 14,
Mary Wilde, Wisconsin
# 103:
6:56 pm PST, Feb 14,
Barb Singer, Illinois
# 102:
6:12 pm PST, Feb 14,
Susan P., Florida
# 101:
6:09 pm PST, Feb 14,
Name not displayed, Connecticut