I want to be Part of the Solution . . . The 25% Solution:
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE U.S. CONGRESS:
REDUCE MILITARY SPENDING 25% - FUND OUR COMMUNITIES
With the U.S. facing devastating economic and environmental crises, with our states and cities forced into layoffs and cutbacks, now is the moment to demand a shift in our country’s priorities. Military spending -- now more than $700 billion per year -- is bankrupting our country and draining the life blood of our communities.
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, in calling for a 25% reduction in military spending, has put the issue clearly -- “If we are not able to get military spending under control……we will not be able to respond to important domestic needs.”
We support a 25% reduction in military spending, with the savings redirected to urgent needs, including the funding of jobs in housing, health care, education, clean energy and infrastructure repairs -- and preventing the layoff of State and local public workers in the Commonwealth.
The call for a 25% reduction is a practical step. Just ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, cutting unneeded weapons programs, and eliminating wasteful spending would easily meet the goal without compromising our security in any way.
BACKGROUND:
--The US spends almost as much on its military as all the other countries of the world combined.
--The military budget almost doubled during the eight years of the Bush administration.
--More than half of all U.S. annual discretionary spending goes to the military and war fighting.
--Tens of billions are spent on costly and unnecessary weapons systems.
--The US maintains more than 800 military bases in almost 100 foreign countries.
--The U.S. pours nearly $500,000 per minute into the Iraq war.
The 25% Solution campaign of Greater Boston United for Justice with Peace is part of a nation-wide campaign to cut military spending and fund our communities.
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE U.S. CONGRESS:
REDUCE MILITARY SPENDING 25% - FUND OUR COMMUNITIES
With the U.S. facing devastating economic and environmental crises, with our states and cities forced into layoffs and cutbacks, now is the moment to demand a shift in our country’s priorities. Military spending -- now more than $700 billion per year -- is bankrupting our country and draining the life blood of our communities.
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, in calling for a 25% reduction in military spending, has put the issue clearly -- “If we are not able to get military spending under control……we will not be able to respond to important domestic needs.”
We support a 25% reduction in military spending, with the savings redirected to urgent needs, including the funding of jobs in housing, health care, education, clean energy and infrastructure repairs -- and preventing the layoff of State and local public workers in the Commonwealth.
The call for a 25% reduction is a practical step. Just ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, cutting unneeded weapons programs, and eliminating wasteful spending would easily meet the goal without compromising our security in any way.
BACKGROUND:
--The US spends almost as much on its military as all the other countries of the world combined.
--The military budget almost doubled during the eight years of the Bush administration.
--More than half of all U.S. annual discretionary spending goes to the military and war fighting.
--Tens of billions are spent on costly and unnecessary weapons systems.
--The US maintains more than 800 military bases in almost 100 foreign countries.
--The U.S. pours nearly $500,000 per minute into the Iraq war.
The 25% Solution campaign of Greater Boston United for Justice with Peace is part of a nation-wide campaign to cut military spending and fund our communities.
Download petition and collect signatures in your city/town and neighborhood:
25% Solution Campaign Petition/back (doc)
Send your petitions to the 25% Solution Campaign, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, 02140
25% Solution Campaign Petition/back (doc)
Send your petitions to the 25% Solution Campaign, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, 02140
Some individuals who have signed the 25% Solution Campaign Petition (List not complete):
Massachusetts Residents: Sharon Tramer Newton Claire Gosselin Roslindale Gretchen Klotz Newton Sue Gracey Brookline Joan Ecklein Newton Marie-Louise Jackson-Miller Quincy Patricia Simon Waltham Nancy Ruggiero Brookline Virginia Pratt Jamaica Plain Ralph Galen Lawrence H. Holmes Jr. Brockton Coleman Harrison Roslindale John Mannheim Concord Arthur Holcombe Cambridge Jacqueline Ladd Natick Jessica Fogore Revere Stacey Schamber Jamaica Plain Steven Botkin Pelham Susan Lees Arlington Emily Snyder Arlingon Massoudeh Edmond Arlington Thea Paneth Arlington Chris Nauman Arlington George Capaccio Arlington Steve Stodola Arlington Mike Prokosch Dorchester Angela Kelly Dorchester Jeff Klein Dorchester Vicky Steinitz Cambridge Jaspial Rai Cambridge Christine Hoepfner Cambridge Begum Jahan Cambridge Betsy Leander-Wright Cambridge Gail Leander-Wright Cambridge Anne Tolbert Cambridge Caitlin Key Cambridge Tommy Neblitt Framingham Claire Schwab Cambridge Eva Tomczyk Cambridge Virginia Wallace Cambridge Ed Dupree Cambridge Rebecca Doughty Cambridge Betty Miblindler Cambridge Steve Schnapp Cambridge Honey Schnapp Cambridge Dorothy Elizabeth Tucker Medford Mary Berg Cambridge Eliza Mullouk Melrose Emily Capurso Somerville Michael Alves Milford Erica Riddle Arlington Sheila Pastore Portland, OR Heather Hoffman Cambridge Erica Jaquith Cambridge Noa Grayevsky Cambridge Erica Sigal Brighton Tom Pietrzak Cambridge Michael Wilson Cambridge Deborah Freye Boston Harold Roberts Somerville Joan Arcks Waltham Jim Mniece Waltham Kathy Hoben Waltham Chris O'Brien Medford Angeline Ferdinand Rochdale Kupal Patel Brookline Nancy Seymour Cambridge Lucy Stroock Cambridge Whitney Davis Somerville Beatriz Senior Brighton Jenya Zhilina Malden Maxine Lyons Newton Martha Cohen Belmont Other states: Patrick Lallo Newfane, VT. Ruth Weizenbaum Pawtucket, RI Rebecca Polk Bloomfield Hills, MI Ariana DeToro Asheville, NC Larry Bucher Baltimore, MD Lydia Spitalny Silver Spring, MD Corasse Germay Brattleboro, VT Bronna M. Zlochiver Vernon, VT Sandra Miller Vermont Gina Sonne Vermont G. Krueger Diluth MN |
