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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
4. Whoop! There it IS!!!
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:39 PM
Jan 2013
"Reduce the DOD budget by at least 25% - primarily by cutting back on that portion of the DOD budget dedicated to bases in foreign countries, projection of military power overseas and development of weapons of mass destruction, and reallocate the savings to other priorities including assistance to state and local governments to maintain and rehire laid off employees, building out the renewable power grid and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, investing in technology and manufacturing jobs in the U.S., and deficit reduction;"

http://www.cadem.org/resources?id=0073


Thank You.

NOW, Nancy Pelosi, Senator Diane Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, and all the other reps from California?
Will you pick up the torch the largest Democratic Party Organization in the nation had handed to you?

DUers, YOU can help too!

Carry the WORD!



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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NY & California are really starting to take the reigns & lead on Progressivism. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #1
Here is the correct link to the Cal Dem site... Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #2
Whoop! There it IS!!! bvar22 Jan 2013 #4
yes, to the top of the greatest, then to the corrupt corporate media Follow The Money Jan 2013 #8
I'm a Califonia voter, and I approve this message. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #20
Beat me to it pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #25
K & R Liberal_Dog Jan 2013 #3
K&R think Jan 2013 #5
The states are the laboratories of democracy pscot Jan 2013 #6
I agree. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #7
"...at least 24%...." mike_c Jan 2013 #9
75% is a nice number ... Myrina Jan 2013 #12
hell yes!!! NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #10
I'd like for the California Democratic Party to identify exactly what they'd like to cut. blueclown Jan 2013 #11
Justifying the Military and Weapons Industries as Jobs Programs is an obscinity. bvar22 Jan 2013 #19
As recently as 2010, there were 1.6 million uniformed military personnel employed by the government. blueclown Jan 2013 #23
Clinton's Defense budget, even in real terms, was well under 75% of current dmallind Jan 2013 #27
I don't know whether our government's expenditures are transparent enough for them to do that. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #24
At least it would be a start in slimming down our most sacred of Sacred Cows. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #13
Damn right! nt ElbarDee Jan 2013 #14
Yeah!! SpankMe Jan 2013 #15
K&R Remember, we didn't win the arms race, the Soviets just lost first. Scuba Jan 2013 #16
We don't need to be supporting CIA's private armies and mercenaries. Cut them. earcandle Jan 2013 #17
finally. Phlem Jan 2013 #18
Why so little? AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author keithmkr59255us Jan 2013 #22
That would be a good start bowens43 Jan 2013 #26
Make it so! dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #28
I'd be all for such a cut williamc1967txlib Jan 2013 #29
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