The word is out, they are going for the funding, which means there is a real chance of stopping the war. Call your congressman and tell him or her to get on-board NOW! Tell him you'd like the next $250 billion or so spent a little closer to home. Going by economist Joe Stiglitz's figure of $3 trillion over the course of both wars, that's $10,000 for every man, woman and child into the pockets of defense contractor shareholders and the like. It sure isn't going to the soldiers. Forty thousand dollars richer that you would be right now, if you are a family of four, if it wasn't for these wars. Contact Congress, Capitol switchboard, 24/7 after-hours voicemail: (202) 224-3121
From My Inbox, A Message from Progressive Democrats of America
Congressman Jim McGovern (D., Mass.), the second ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee, urged his colleagues to vote No on the upcoming supplemental to fund an escalation of war in Afghanistan with $33 billion.
Speaking on a podcast produced by Progressive Democrats of America, McGovern said,
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