TELL CONGRESS: Cut the Pentagon Budget

The report from the Congressional Supercommittee on balancing the budget is due before Thanksgiving!  While Defense budget cuts have been placed on the table, there is resistance in Congress to any cuts in the Pentagon budget, despite its doubling in the past ten years.  A $1 trillion cut in defense spending over ten years is needed to balance the budget. Tell Congress to get serious about defense budget cuts!  Especially if Rep. Jim Clyburn who is on the Supercommittte is your Representative.

EMAIL YOUR CONGRESSMEN NOW!

SC #2: Joe Wilson-R https://joewilsonforms.house.gov/Forms/WriteYourRep/default.aspx

SC #6:  Jim Clyburn-D (who is on the SUPERCOMMITTEE!) http://forms.house.gov/clyburn/zipauth.shtml

Senators Graham and DeMint (FCNL Action Alert Contact) Formhttp://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=53945576

Resource, Links for More SC Reps & a Suggested Message CLICK READ MORE

RESOURCES

Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Budget Page http://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/

Ten Reasons to Cut Defense Spending http://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/ten_reasons_why_congress_should_cut_the_pentagon_budget/index.html

Sustainable Defense Task Force Report Recommending real cuts in defense spending amounting to $1 trillion over 10 years. http://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/sustainabledefensereport.pdf

Ways to Reduce Defense Spending

1. Ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

2. Scaling back hundreds of US military bases abroad.

3. Canceling or reducing procurement of the costly V-22 Osprey, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, and the Space Tracking and Surveillance System.*

4. “Rightsizing” or reducing the US nuclear weapons arsenal.*

*Part of $107 Billion in Pentagon budget cuts suggested in a joint report by the conservative National Taxpayers Union and the left-leaning US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Toward Common Ground: Bridging the Political Divide to Reduce Spending

LINKS FOR CONGRESSMEN

Other SC Representatives

SC #1: Tim Scott-R http://timscott.house.gov/Contact/

SC #3:  Jeff Duncan-R https://jeffduncan.house.gov/contact-me

SC #4: Trey Gowdy-R http://gowdy.house.gov/Contact/

SC #5: Mick Mulvaney-R http://mulvaney.house.gov/Contact/

Look Up Your Congressmen

Any Representative http://www.house.gov/

Any Senator http://www.senate.gov/

Friends Cmte on National Legislation  Suggested Letter to Congressmen

As Congress looks for ways to reduce the federal budget deficit, please support cutting Pentagon spending by $1 trillion over the next ten years, as was recommended by the Sustainable Defense Task Force. Please speak with your colleagues on the congressional "supercommittee" and urge them to recommend this cut in their proposal.

Pentagon spending has nearly doubled in the last ten years. While our states and cities are cutting back services, our country is continuing to pour money into war and military strategies that are not making us safer.

Please let me know if you will support cutting the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion over ten years in any legislation to address the budget deficit.