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http://www.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=2445&ms=bgdt1&ref=104469 In his annual budget plan, President Bush proposes spending a record $399 billion on the Pentagon while cutting programs for kids. Tens of billions of dollars will still go for Cold War junk we don't need, like nuclear missiles, new nuclear submarines, and a bunch of the most expense jet fighters ever dreamed up - none of which will help us fight terrorists. Meanwhile this proposed budget shortchanges the very things that will make us safe and secure. Here's what the budget proposed by President Bush looks like. This is the so-called discretionary budget, what the president and Congress get to allocate beyond the mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare and paying off the federal debt. Former admirals, generals and military officials agree that the U.S. can safely reduce the Pentagon budget by 15%. That's enough to do ALL of the following:

Provide basic health and food to the world's poor: $12 billion

Rebuild America's public schools over 10 years: $12 billion

Reduce class size for grades 1-3 to 15 students per class: $11 billion

Reduce debts of impoverished nations: $10 billion

Provide health insurance to all uninsured American kids: $6 billion

Increase federal funding for clean energy and energy efficiency: $6 billion

Public financing of all federal elections: $1 billion

Fully fund Head Start: $2 billion Tell your representatives to get our national priorities straight. Click Reply and we'll send a fax to your Representatives asking them cut the fat out of the Pentagon budget and spend it on the things we really need to be secure. If you want to customize the fax or if a friend forwarded this email to you, just click this link to send your free fax:

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Sincerely,

Ben

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Here's the letter we'll send to your Representatives:

Dear Rep:

America's budget priorities are seriously mixed up. About half of the tax dollars that Congress allocates goes to the Pentagon, where defense contractors and their lobbyists have an annual feeding frenzy.

For just 15% of the Pentagon budget, we could do all of this:

Provide basic health and food to the world's poor: $12 billion

Rebuild America's public schools over 10 years: $12 billion

Reduce class size for grades 1-3 to 15 students per class: $11 billion

Reduce debts of impoverished nations: $10 billion

Provide health insurance to all uninsured American kids: $6 billion

Increase federal funding for clean energy and energy efficiency: $6 billion

Public financing of all federal elections: $1 billion

Fully fund Head Start: $2 billion

I want you to vote for a budget that funds these important programs that will build lasting national and international security.

Sincerely,

(We'll add your name and address here.)

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