While programs for education and cleaning up our environment are being cut or are frozen, funding for nuclear weapons research and production programs by the Department of Energy’s National Security Administration has increased.
Three decades after the Cold War, we the people of the US are being taxed at a rate 75% higher than the annual Cold War average of $5.1 billion!
“Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” - Rev. MLK
Do you think America is on it's last gasps?
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While programs for education and cleaning up our environment are being cut or are frozen, funding for nuclear weapons research and production programs by the Department of Energy’s National Security Administration has increased. Three decades after the Cold War, we the people of the US are being taxed at a rate 75% higher than the annual Cold War average of $5.1 billion! “Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” - Rev. MLK Do you think America is on it's last gasps?
eileen fleming - September 20, 2011 5:27 AM