'People Over Pentagon' Proposal Would Take $100 Billion From Pentagon to Fund Social Programs

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Progressive advocacy groups across the United States on Monday welcomed a new legislative proposal that would cut Pentagon spending for the next fiscal year by $100 billion and reallocate it toward top threats facing the nation that "are not military in nature.

Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan-co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus-for introducing the People Over Pentagon Act of 2022 to "advance our true national security interests.

"The Lee-Pocan bill disproves the claim that there's not money to feed the hungry, care for the sick, cut child poverty, or protect the planet," said Weissman, noting that "the Pentagon budget is racing toward $1 trillion annually, while free school lunch programs for 10 million children are set to expire in a few weeks.

"Cutting $100 billion from the Pentagon may seem dramatic, but frankly, it frees up the bare minimum needed for a down payment to address the social and political inequalities and crises that are a clear and pressing threat to our democracy," asserted Eric Eikenberry, government relations director at Win Without War.

Others-including MoveOn executive director Rahna Epting and Lindsay Koshgarian, program director at the National Priorities Project-highlighted how military contractors have benefited from the billions and billions of U.S. tax dollars poured into the Pentagon even as the needs of people are neglected year after year.

"It's past time that Congress prioritizes the needs of everyday people over wasteful Pentagon spending by rejecting the pathology of endless wars and fossil fuel addiction," he said, urging investment in adaptation and mitigation as well as the clean energy transition.

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