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One of my opponents, Kent Abernathy says NATIONAL DEFENSE is 1st priority of Fed gov’t & we have 2 make responsible choices in spending defense $$$ but implies our record budget deficits R due 2 State & local gov’ts that don’t live w/in their means 3/12
Another opponent, Andrew Bales, decries our nat’l debt of $23 Trillion: we have “hocked the future of our children, grandchildren, and beyond” & suggests we “cut spending on wasteful programs such as billions in aid to other countries, or collect more revenue.” 4/12
From Rev Micah Beckwith’s bellicose comments on Twitter - apparently he liked how dt sent a missile “up the backside” of Iran (although the attack occurred in Iraq) - imply he thinks our military budget is okay. 5/12
“Nurse Beth” Henderson wants to “rebuild our military” - already the largest in the World and in history - and spending “is out of control in Washington.” One may reasonably infer she does not want to cut military spending. 6/12
Once more: Size of USA nat’l debt has almost always been a function of war, including the Cold War, according 2 Harvard Business Sch prof Thomas McCraw, Winter 1994 issue of The American Scholar, p. 50. 7/12
The groups of people who cannot live “within their means” are the defense establishment - not only military leaders, but also military contractors - and very rich people who suck up tax cuts. 8/12
Our defense expenditures have been absurdly high. We have 37% of the World’s military budget. And we have military personnel and military resources in far too many places. 9/12
Currently we engage in an act of war against Iraq: refusal to remove armed forces fr another nation demanded to = act of war. Iraq’s parliament voted unanimously for the USA to withdraw our forces. 10/12
We have to remove our military from Iraq re: Iraq’s order We are less secure when we bomb other countries. We can afford to cut the military budget in half and we need to eliminate tax cuts for the very rich. 11/12
I am Mark Small, a candidate for U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. I am proud to be a progressive. I opposed our military involvement in Vietnam long ago.. I approve of this blog. Hell, I wrote it. 12/12
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