Money for people,
not for war and violence!
Close to one-third
of every income tax dollar is spent on national security. This money is
divided into military spending, homeland security and preventive
measuressuch as diplomacy, peacekeeping and development aid. Less than a
penny goes to preventive measures that help mitigate conflict and
alleviate many of the conditions that can cause people to resort to
terrorism.
These expenditures don’t make us any saferin fact, the
insecurity in the world caused by funding big military budgets and
large arsenals, instead of using resources for social and economic
justice at home and abroad makes us all more vulnerable.
It’s
time to create “real security” that meets people’s needslike the need
for a job that pays a livable wage, the need for affordable health care
for all, the need for affordable housing, the need for inexpensive,
non-polluting mass transit, the need for well-funded schools, the need
for nutritious, healthy food on the table and for an unpolluted
environment.
The PRC works to raise these issues in the community
and to change our nation’s priorities. To strengthen our voice, we have
joined with others around the country who share our concerns through
our membership in the National Priorities Project.
For current
information on military spending and how we could fund social needs
instead, please see: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/