"The costs of the war have been rendered invisible," Grayson said on the floor of the House. "There's no draft. Instead, we take the most vulnerable elements of our population, and give them a choice between unemployment and missile fodder. Government deficits conceal the need to pay in cash for the war."We put the cost of both guns and butter on our Chinese credit card. In fact, we don't even put these wars on budget; they are still passed using supplemental'. A nine-year 'emergency'." – Alan Grayson
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It seems that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) would agree, perpetual war is making you poor.
To begin rectifying the situation, he's joined with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in co-sponsoring the "War is Making You Poor Act," which would limit defense spending to $548.9 billion: the exact figure alloted in the fiscal year 2011 budget.
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The bill, H.R. 5353, is currently before the House Armed Services and Ways and Means committees.
[S]upport the 'War is Making You Poor' Act. This bill would eliminate the separate funding for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and eliminate federal income taxes for everyone's first $35,000 of income (or $70,000 for couples) each year. And it would help pay down our national debt.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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