{"id":97919,"date":"2013-12-11T02:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T02:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=ec1b8e351b641d204d99be184a88790d"},"modified":"2013-12-11T04:25:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T04:25:40","slug":"social-justice-groups-demand-congress-slash-military-budget-spend-money-on-people-peace-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/social-justice-groups-demand-congress-slash-military-budget-spend-money-on-people-peace-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice Groups Demand Congress Slash Military Budget, Spend Money on People, Peace, Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"
In spite of heavy, wet snow falling on Capitol Hill, a coalition of peace, anti-hunger, anti-poverty, environmental and community groups came together to voice its objections to what it calls \u201crunaway, dangerous military spending.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Glen Davis, Jill Stein (back row), Kymone Freeman, Cheri Honkala, Leslie Ortiz (front row)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In a press conference in\u00a0the\u00a0Cannon Office Building, speakers called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs that serve \u201cpeople, peace and the planet.\u201d They then\u00a0presented\u00a0their\u00a0proposed budget and supporting petitions\u00a0to staffers of \u00a0Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Co-Chair of the Budgetary Committee.<\/p>\n

After a stand-off on the budget resulting in a government shutdown in October, the Committee has until December 13 to re-negotiate some of the automatic sequestration cuts coming up next year. As it is, the Pentagon budget is due for about a 10% reduction, or $52 billion. Jill Stein of the Green Party\u2019s Shadow Cabinet said that\u2019s not nearly enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot both feed the hungry and feed our children, feed our elders, feed us and fill this absolutely bottomless pit of the military machine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In its proposed \u201cPeace-People-Planet\u201d budget, the coalition outlines ten ways to slash military spending by 25 to 50%, including changing U.S. military policy (\u201cstop policing the world\u201d), ceasing to buy unnecessary weapons systems, and auditing wasteful practices at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

Taxpayer dollars should be used instead to fund social programs, job initiatives and actions to combat climate change, press conference speakers said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\"Glen<\/a><\/p>\n

Glen Davis, Jill Stein (back row), Kymone Freeman, Cheri Honkala, Leslie Ortiz (front row)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In spite of heavy, wet snow falling on Capitol Hill, a coalition of peace, anti-hunger, anti-poverty, environmental and community groups came together to voice its objections to what it calls “runaway, dangerous military spending.”<\/p>\n

In a press conference in the Cannon Office Building, speakers called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs that serve “people, peace and the planet.” They then presented their proposed budget and supporting petitions to staffers of  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Co-Chair of the Budgetary Committee.<\/p>\n

After a stand-off on the budget resulting in a government shutdown in October, the Committee has until December 13 to re-negotiate some of the automatic sequestration cuts coming up next year. As it is, the Pentagon budget is due for about a 10% reduction, or $52 billion. Jill Stein of the Green Party’s Shadow Cabinet said that’s not nearly enough.<\/p>\n

“We cannot both feed the hungry and feed our children, feed our elders, feed us and fill this absolutely bottomless pit of the military machine,” she said.<\/p>\n

In its proposed “Peace-People-Planet” budget, the coalition outlines ten ways to slash military spending by 25 to 50%, including changing U.S. military policy (“stop policing the world”), ceasing to buy unnecessary weapons systems, and auditing wasteful practices at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

Taxpayer dollars should be used instead to fund social programs, job initiatives and actions to combat climate change, press conference speakers said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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