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Tell Congress: No More Money For Iraq
Target: U.S. House of RepresentativesSponsored by: Democrats.com
March 19 marked the 5th Anniversary of George Bush's disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq - yet there is no end in sight.
The costs so far are staggering: over 4,000 young Americans killed, tens of thousands maimed ... estimates of 1 million Iraqi civilians killed, millions more maimed or driven abroad ... $562 billion in tax dollars stolen from our children ... $3 trillion cost to our economy through veterans care, weapons replacement, higher oil prices, and the collapsing dollar.
All that in just 5 years!
We elected a Democratic Congress in 2006 to bring our troops home. They politely sent Bush one bill after another to "change the course," but he vetoed them all.
So Democrats have just one choice left: to Just Say No to any more funds for Iraq.
The Constitution gives Congress control of the Federal checkbook. George Bush cannot spend a penny unless Congress writes him a check.
Unfortunately, Congress has written one blank check after another, now totaling $562 billion. And now George Bush wants another blank check for $102 billion. Congress is set to vote on this next week.
Sign our petition to tell your Representative: no more money for Iraq, except to bring our troops safely home.
The costs so far are staggering: over 4,000 young Americans killed, tens of thousands maimed ... estimates of 1 million Iraqi civilians killed, millions more maimed or driven abroad ... $562 billion in tax dollars stolen from our children ... $3 trillion cost to our economy through veterans care, weapons replacement, higher oil prices, and the collapsing dollar.
All that in just 5 years!
We elected a Democratic Congress in 2006 to bring our troops home. They politely sent Bush one bill after another to "change the course," but he vetoed them all.
So Democrats have just one choice left: to Just Say No to any more funds for Iraq.
The Constitution gives Congress control of the Federal checkbook. George Bush cannot spend a penny unless Congress writes him a check.
Unfortunately, Congress has written one blank check after another, now totaling $562 billion. And now George Bush wants another blank check for $102 billion. Congress is set to vote on this next week.
Sign our petition to tell your Representative: no more money for Iraq, except to bring our troops safely home.
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We signed the “Tell Congress: No More Money For Iraq” petition!
# 250:
8:32 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, New York
# 249:
8:32 am PDT, Apr 8,
Patricia Rosas, Arizona
# 248:
8:32 am PDT, Apr 8,
Joan Dillon, Delaware
# 247:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
This war should never have happened in the first place, and now needs to end. Please let's expedite our exit out of there!
This war should never have happened in the first place, and now needs to end. Please let's expedite our exit out of there!
# 246:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Sofya Aptekar, New Jersey
# 245:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Amanda Scuder, New York
# 244:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Howard Goldstein, New York
# 243:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, California
It is past time to REALLY say NO! Cut the funding, NOW.
It is past time to REALLY say NO! Cut the funding, NOW.
# 242:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Lauren Reilley, South Carolina
# 241:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Mary Joyce-McDonough, Connecticut
Bring our men and boys home. Enough is enough!
Bring our men and boys home. Enough is enough!
# 240:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Jacki Hoover, Pennsylvania
# 239:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Linda North, North Carolina
# 238:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
John M. Kelly, Illinois
# 237:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, New York
# 236:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
T. H., Pennsylvania
Any more, I have to wonder what is the point of signing these petitions? We've been signing them for quite a while now, and I see nothing changing for the better. We're now in debt to China, our citizens lack health care, the Katrina victims are still on their own, U.S. military and innocent Iraqi citizens are still being killed, and the Iraq war continues, despite the fact that the majority of Americans want it to end. I didn't think America could ever come to a dictatorship; but, from all appearances, it's only one person's voice that seems to count...Bush. The rest of us have no voice, no matter how many petitions we sign.
Any more, I have to wonder what is the point of signing these petitions? We've been signing them for quite a while now, and I see nothing changing for the better. We're now in debt to China, our citizens lack health care, the Katrina victims are still on their own, U.S. military and innocent Iraqi citizens are still being killed, and the Iraq war continues, despite the fact that the majority of Americans want it to end. I didn't think America could ever come to a dictatorship; but, from all appearances, it's only one person's voice that seems to count...Bush. The rest of us have no voice, no matter how many petitions we sign.
# 235:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Kim Marie Franklin, Oregon
# 234:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Maia Reim, New Jersey
# 233:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Jen Senko, New York
We simply cannot afford it, no matter WHAT the outcome is. Sometimes a family lives beyond their means. The result of that can be bankruptcy or worse. We are that family.
We simply cannot afford it, no matter WHAT the outcome is. Sometimes a family lives beyond their means. The result of that can be bankruptcy or worse. We are that family.
# 232:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Greg Ciulla, New York
# 231:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Karl Mullendore, Maryland
The funding of this illegal war MUST BE STOPPED NOW. The USA is in financial shambles while there is no end to the killing of innocent people in Iraq--WHY? Take car of the problems AT HOME, END THIS WAR!
The funding of this illegal war MUST BE STOPPED NOW. The USA is in financial shambles while there is no end to the killing of innocent people in Iraq--WHY? Take car of the problems AT HOME, END THIS WAR!
# 230:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Sharon Collette, South Carolina
There are other people in this country who need this money more for drugs , food , school, etc.
There are other people in this country who need this money more for drugs , food , school, etc.
# 229:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Sara Wilkinson, Minnesota
# 228:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Barbara Sullivan, Minnesota
Not one more penny for Bush and Company. Spend that money on health care for USA citizens and for education for our children. Spend my taxes on bringing home the troops as soon as possible. No more money for war.
Not one more penny for Bush and Company. Spend that money on health care for USA citizens and for education for our children. Spend my taxes on bringing home the troops as soon as possible. No more money for war.
# 227:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Harriet Toretzky, Florida
Spend this money to bring our troops home. Then build new schools and hospitals in our country .
Spend this money to bring our troops home. Then build new schools and hospitals in our country .
# 226:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Tami Brunk, New Mexico
# 225:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Doris Munger, Connecticut
# 224:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Sean Biggins, California
# 223:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Mary Desio, Arizona
# 222:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Steven Long, Maine
# 221:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Curt Wingerter, Alabama
# 220:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Marilyn Neil, Alabama
# 219:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
LACIE METCALF, Colorado
# 218:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Sylvia Wulf, New York
We had neither the reason (The Shrub's WMD search was a joke) nor the right to go in there as we did. After so many lost lives, it is beyond belief that he wants to spend still more lives and tax-payers money on this disaster.
We had neither the reason (The Shrub's WMD search was a joke) nor the right to go in there as we did. After so many lost lives, it is beyond belief that he wants to spend still more lives and tax-payers money on this disaster.
# 217:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Renata Yacucci, Delaware
# 216:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Chris Young, California
# 215:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Daniel Griffith, Pennsylvania
# 214:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Karen Markey, California
NO MORE MONEY FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!
NO MORE MONEY FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!
# 213:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Danielle Honzik, New York
# 212:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Michael Zinn, Michigan
It is time to put this disastrous farce to an end and start taking care of business in our country.
It is time to put this disastrous farce to an end and start taking care of business in our country.
# 211:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Christopher Post, Arizona
# 210:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Eleanor Gomez, California
Please search your hearts and then Just Say NO to Mr. Bush's War.
Please search your hearts and then Just Say NO to Mr. Bush's War.
# 209:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Cortney Herten, Washington
# 208:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Barbara Russek, Massachusetts
Wake Up!!! Don't you have enought problems going on here to take care of? Bush has done more to ruin our country than terorist could hope for.
Wake Up!!! Don't you have enought problems going on here to take care of? Bush has done more to ruin our country than terorist could hope for.
# 207:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 206:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Deborah Payne, MD, North Carolina
# 205:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Kristin Asthalter, Texas
It's time Bush and Cheney REALLY owned this war. THEY can pay for it.
It's time Bush and Cheney REALLY owned this war. THEY can pay for it.
# 204:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Robert Montufar, New York
# 203:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Julie Schubert, California
# 202:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 201:
8:30 am PDT, Apr 8,
Cheri Blackburn, Arizona