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Cutting the Pentagon Budget
Contractors Are Organizing. Are You?

Members of Congress are under intense pressure to roll back cuts in the Pentagon budget that they agreed to last year. Tell Congress to preserve these cuts, which total nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

For decades, the Pentagon budget has been going up, and up, and up, to fund an outsized mission and legions of contractors. If those contractors have their way, this trend will continue. Help rebalance our nation's checkbook. Move our country away from a foreign policy based on fighting wars, a ballooning deficit, and underinvestment in vital human services. Urge Congress to preserve Pentagon budget cuts.

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A Way Forward

Sustainable Defense

Sustainable Defense

Contrary to what lobbyists for military contractors and officials in the Pentagon have been saying, there is a way to safely implement substantial cuts to the bloated military budget. The report of the Sustainable Defense Taskforce details exactly how the Pentagon could be cut.

Print out a copy of the short two page summary and bring it to your member of Congress to help convince them to cut the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion over the next ten years.

Test Your Knowledge!

Cut the Pentagon Budget

Where Does the Pentagon Budget Go?

Since 2003, what percentage of U.S. spending on national security has gone to Pentagon contractors such as Lockheed Martin?

a) 30%
b) 40%
c) 50%
d) 60%


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Stories and Successes

Pentagon Budget Cuts in the News

From North Carolina, Vermont and Massachusetts to Fresno and Spokane, your letters to the editor encouraging your members of Congress to take a hard look at Pentagon spending are being published.

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What Else Can You Do?

As Congress continues to dismantle programs to protect the poor and to heal the sick, Clear Creek Meeting in Richmond, IN is speaking out against the bloated Pentagon budget and for a compassionate one. Could your meeting or church approve a minute similar to this one?

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FCNL Statement of Legislative Policy

"The federal budget should allow for adequate spending to meet the actual needs of the nation.... Resources should be refocused from military spending to meeting human needs. We seek to eliminate hunger and poverty at home and abroad through economic policies that enlarge opportunities for all people to have an adequate income."

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Meet Our Lobbyist

Ruth Flower

Ruth Flower lobbies on federal budget, tax and poverty issues.

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