Tell Your Senators: Cut the Debt by Cutting the Pentagon
Right now, you have the best opportunity in more than a decade to help persuade Congress to cut $1 trillion from the Pentagon budget.
Big cuts in government spending are on the horizon and members of Congress from all parts of the political spectrum are beginning to see that Pentagon spending needs to be cut.
As budgets for everything from libraries to public transportation are being cut, our senators need to bring the Pentagon's ballooning budget under control.
Many taxpayer advocates, libertarians, fiscal conservatives and peace groups agree that the Pentagon budget could be cut by around $1 trillion in the next 10 years. But members of Congress won't act unless they hear from constituents like you.
Let your senators know that war is not the answer and neither is cutting programs that Americans depend on. Urge your senators to cut the deficit by cutting $1 trillion from the Pentagon budget in the next 10 years.
As you look for ways to reduce the federal budget, please support cutting Pentagon spending by $1 trillion over the next 10 years, as was recommended by the Sustainable Defense Task Force.
Cutting programs that help low- and moderate-income families and the elderly will increase hardship and further damage our shaky economy. There is plenty of room to cut the Pentagon budget to reduce spending to bring the deficit under control.
(Your Comments Here)
Please support cutting the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion over 10 years in any legislation to address the budget deficit.
