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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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1:27 pm PDT, May 16,
Zeina Ali, Syrian Arab Republic
ur war on iraq left one dead or one disabled in 95/100 of iraqi families....this is the freedom you promised to bring to iraq??????? long live iraq ! this is what americans are doing in iraq..look at the pic well! and dont believe them when they say iraqis are killing each others ...its you who is funding the murderers... |
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Stop please! We need our money in our land, more research for Aids, more education, more protection from Pharmaceuticals, more food for the hungry, more money for enviromental issues. Let the other contries take care of themselves!
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The President and Vice President don't mind sending our Kids to get Killed, but why don't they send there's? I'm sure there neices, and nephew and even close friends don't go. The only one's getting anything out of this war are the contractors and those who manage these companies.
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Enough is enough! Out of respect and kindness for the civilians of Iraq, stop fueling this cruel battle. Set an agenda so that the troops must retreat after 3 years.
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2:31 pm PDT, May 11,
Jade Hodgkins, Florida
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There has to be better ways to spend our money, than on an invasion. We should be thinking of ways to lower gas costs now!
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no more funds for mass killing...... it is a shameful act
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We no longer have the resources here on the homefront, end Bush's war and bring our troops home!!! Spend the money on "rebuilding" our country for a change!!!!
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We cannot protect our own country nor take care of it while wasting money paying Repubcorporofascist mercenary armies to occupy Iraq.
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Quit writing checks for the war and bring our troops home. Enough is enough. The war started because Bush lied. Why believe anything else he says about the war is true?
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Your wasting it. It should be going to the falling economy, and the countless numbers of sick people, and everone going hungry and homeless, and unable to pursue their dream cause college is out of their finalcial grasp.
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This is an illegal and immoral War.
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Stop the senseless killing and dying- bring our troops home, and bring our taxes home
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The war is ruining the global and local environments, killing and maiming our families who must support America and Iraq in the future, destroying two countries. What part of NO doesn't Mr. War Criminal Bush understand?!
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We need more honest accountants in Congress and the White House looking out for US citizen's interests. This administration has irresponsibly mortgaged social security and our country's economic future to support a war no one supports. Let's get on the right track and save lives here and abroad, clean up our environment and get back to the business of leading the world for all the RIGHT, SOUND reasons.