the militarization of america at what cost?

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The Militarization of AmericaAt What Cost?

Topics

The Federal BudgetHow Are We Spending the Military Part of the Budget?What Does American Militarism Mean for You?The Threat to DemocracyWhat You Can Do

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The Federal Budget3

Total Federal Budget, FY 2010 Both Discretionary & Mandatory

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Source: National Priorities Project

Mandatory: Required by law. Examples:

•Social Security

•Interest on Debt

•Medicare

•Unemployment

Discretionary: Negotiated each year. Examples:

•Military

•Education

•Research & Development

Discretionary Budget AuthorityProposed: FY 2010

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“All other” includes:

•Environment•Science•Transportation•International affairs•Everything else except entitlements and debt.

Discretionary BudgetBy Category, 2009

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Source: Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Briefing Book

U.S. Military Spending vs. Other Countries, In Rank Order, FY 2009

Source: Center for Arms Control and Source: Center for Arms Control and NonproliferationNonproliferation

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Growth in Military Spending

Sources: Friends Committee on National Legislation; William Hartung

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Budget Authority (Billions of 2010 USD)

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GHW Bush Clinton GW Bush Obama

Military spending grew an average of 9% per year above inflation during the Bush years.

Total increase in the Pentagon budget 2001-08: 73% - NOT INCLUDING spending on Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama’s Projected DOD Budgets9

2009 2019

$800

$100

War costs not included in this chart

Source: National Priorities Project Security Spending Primer

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U.S. Job Creation with $1 Billion Spending

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Education Health Care Clean Energy Consumption Military

Source: Pollin & Garrett-Peltier, 2009

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Obama Military Budget, 201111

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Montgomery County Citizens’ Share of Military Expenditures, FY2010

Budget

About $3 billion or

$2,000 per person


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Where Does the Money Go?

War costsForeign military basesWar profiteers

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Extraordinary War Costs

Total U.S. defense spending in Afghanistan, FY 2010: $101 billion.

$400 per gallon: US military’s cost of gasoline in Afghanistan

$1 million: cost to send one soldier to Afghanistan for one year

Reliance on expensive contractors

Source: Congressional Research Service Report RL 33110

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Afghanistan War Funding

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FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10

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Notes: FY 01 & 02 combined; FY 10 assumes $33 bn supplemental Source: Congressional Research Service Report RL33110

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Afghanistan War vs. World Military Spending

In 2010, the United States will spend more on the war in Afghanistan alone than every other country in the world but China spends on its own defense.

Source: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

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Total War CostsIraq and Afghanistan Through 2010

Total direct cost of both wars by 2010: over $1 trillion

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$1 Trillion is a Thousand Billion

Imagine that you spent $1 million/day beginning with the birth of Jesus—to spend a trillion dollars, you’d need to keep spending $1 million/day until mid-way through the 28th century.

If you laid out $1 trillion end-to-end in $100 bills, you could circle the Earth at the equator 39 times.

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Let’s Tell Congress

End the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan

We can’t afford this!

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U.S. Foreign Military Bases

U.S. Foreign Military Bases

The US maintains about 1,000 foreign military bases

Foreign bases cost taxpayers about $250 billion per year

These bases generate anger all over the globe and are a recruitment tool for our enemies

Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

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Floating Bases

The U.S. has 11 nuclear powered aircraft supercarriers—the only nation on earth to have even one.

The U.S. maintains over 100 deployed ships and submarines at any given time—with 30,000 sailors afloat.

Each supercarrier has 90 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters and can operate continuously for twenty years without refueling.

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Source: United States Navy

Military Bases as the New Imperialism

U.S. bases constitute 95% of all the military bases any country in the world maintains on any other country's territory.

“Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.”

Chalmers JohnsonSource: Chalmers Johnson

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The Movement to End Foreign Bases25

Source: International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases: www.no-bases.org

War Profiteers

Definition: Any person or organization that improperly profits from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to parties at war.

How do we define “improperly”?

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War Profiteers

Are huge profits improper? Is it acceptable for some people to make literally millions of dollars because thousands of others die?

Is it improper if contractors lobby for wars that they benefit from financially?

Is it improper if contractors’ products are shoddy?

If contractors engage in fraud and highly wasteful practices?

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War ProfiteersExample: Lockheed Martin

84% Percent of L/M profits derived directly from US tax

payers, 2008

$4.4 billion Amount of tax-payer money distributed as profit, 2008

$36,560,000 Total compensation of Lockheed Martin CEO, 2007

$28,253,165Total compensation of 6 other executives, 2007

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Lockheed Martin

Paid $577.2 million in fines because of contract fraud since 1995

Found guilty of 50 instances of various kinds of misconduct (including contractor kickbacks, nuclear safety violations, fraud, etc.)

Source: Wikipedia

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Lockheed Martin: Forms of Influence

Political donations to Dem and Repub parties, 1997-2009: $2,346,300

Donations to individual politicians: averages almost $1 million/year

Paid lobbying, 2008: $15,821,506

Source: Right Web

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Lockheed Martin: Forms of Influence

Geographic distribution of subcontractors

“The ideal weapons system is built in 435 Congressional districts and it doesn’t matter whether it works or not.”

Alain C. Enthoven, economist and former Pentagon official.

In 2009, Lockheed Martin placed full-page ads in the Washington Post showing the number of jobs for F-22 construction, by Congressional district, throughout the nation.

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Lockheed Martin: Forms of Influence—The Revolving

Door

Lockheed's former vice-president, Bruce Jackson, organized and chaired the “non-profit” Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (2002-03): It lobbied hard for the Iraq war—a war that dramatically increased Lockheed Martin profits

8 other senior Bush Administration members had similar ties to Lockheed Martin

Source: Wikpedia

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The War Profiteer Circle34

Gates of Lockheed Martin in January, 2009:We award Lockheed Martin the “War Profiteer of the Year Award”

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What do Military Contractors Do?

Feed troops Maintain facilities and equipmentTransport cargoWash clothesProvide security guards for bases and

diplomatsEngage in military actions through the CIA

Contractors are doing everything that used to be done solely by the military—for a profit.

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Contractors vs. U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

Source: Congressional Research Service Report number R40764 & DOD

December, 2009

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Contractors vs. U.S. Troops in Iraq, 2009

November, 2009

Source: American Friends Service Committee

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Outsourcing War: Paying for It

Annual pay for an experienced corporal with three years of service:

$19,980

Annual pay for some mercenaries: $150,000--

$250,o00

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Source: Huck Gutman

Outsourcing War:Contractors Are Not Cost-Effective

Federal government pays:

Training of many contractors

At least double or triple daily rate for services

Profits of firms

“Indirect rates” of firms--can sometimes be as much as 90% of a contract

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Sources: Alison Stanger;CNN

Outsourcing War:Contractors are Not Cost-Effective

Federal government pays:

Profits plus indirect rates for subcontractors, i.e. profits plus indirect rates on top of profits and indirect rates—70% of costs of prime DOD contractors are subs

Fraud, waste and abuse (at least 16% in Afghanistan)

Clean-up after poor performance, bad behavior

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Source: Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan

Who Are Mercenaries?

Mercenaries are soldiers-for-hire or “private security contractors,” typically provided by a large firm, such as CACI or Blackwater/Xe.

They come from all over the world. Companies like Blackwater/Xe recruit especially from repressive regimes with bad human rights histories.

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How Many Mercenaries?

About 11% of DOD contractors in Iraq & Afghanistan are mercenaries: 13,924 in June, 09

This does not include State Dept. or CIA-funded mercenaries.

Under Barack Obama, in second quarter, 2009:23% increase in the number of “Private

Security Contractors” in Iraq 29% increase in Afghanistan

Sources: Congressional Research Service, DOD Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan; Center for Globalization

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Mercenary Contractors:Example Blackwater/Xe

Killed 17 innocent Iraqi citizens in a massacre in 2007.

Killed two Afghan civilians, in May 2009. How many more have they killed? We don’t know.

Blackwater/Xe is still receiving millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to provide security for Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, for CIA contracts for extralegal work in Pakistan, and for other services.

Source: The Nation, Jeremy Scahill

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Implications of Outsourcing War

“The United States has created a new system for waging war. . . You turn the entire world into your recruiting ground. You intricately link corporate profits to an escalation of warfare and make it profitable for companies to participate in your wars.”

“We live amidst the most radical privatization agenda in the history of our country.”

Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill

Source: Bill Moyers Interview

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Outsourcing War

Powerful companies promote war because it is profitable, not because of the interests of the nation

Oversight of contractors is negligible and contractors often do poor jobs—(e.g., defective KBR construction that caused electrocution of 12 US servicemen in Iraq)

Cost-plus contracts , the most common DOD-type contract, encourage waste and unnecessary spending

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Outsourcing War

Contractors are generally outside of any law—they do what they want with total impunity (e.g., Blackwater massacre)—making a mockery of democracy or rule of law

The profit motive is often counter to the military’s goals and the nation’s interest—e.g., contractors are paying protection money to war lords and the Taliban in Afghanistan

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Outsourcing War & Democracy

As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 1864

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U.S.: Arms Dealer to the World

Source: Congressional Research Service, Sept. 2009

Arms Transfer Agreements with The World, By Supplier, 2008

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Sales to Other Countries:Example Israel

Proposed U.S. Military Aid to Israel FY2009-FY2018

2009 $2.55 billion2010 $2.70 billion2011 $2.85 billion2012 $3.00 billion

2013-2018 $3.15 billion a yearTotal 2009-2018: $30.15 Billion

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Source: Congressional Research Service: US Foreign Aid to Israel

Sales to Other CountriesExample: Israel

All recipients of U.S. military assistance must spend the money they receive from U.S. taxpayers only on U.S. weapons dealers like Lockheed Martin.

The only exception: Israel must spend 74% of our military aid on U.S. arms dealers ($22.3 B 2009-2018), but is allowed to spend the remaining 26% on Israeli-made weapons.

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Source: Congressional Research Service: US Foreign Aid to Israel

Sales to Other CountriesExample: Israel

Pentagon Seeks $15.2B Fighter Sale to IsraelSept. 30, 2008

“The Defense Department said today it wants to sell up to 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the US for decades. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified Congress on Friday that Israel has asked to buy 25 of the F-35s made by Lockheed Martin Corp., with an option to buy an additional 50 at a later date.”

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Newser Online News Journal

Sales to Other Countries:Example Israel

1. US gives Israel billions of dollars in foreign aid.

2. US requires Israel to spend most of it by buying from US arms manufacturers.

3. Using this money, Israel buys planes from Lockheed Martin.

4. Lockheed Martin makes more profits.

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Fragments of a US-made M155 white phosphorus carrier artillery shell fired by Israeli forces into Gaza

White phosphorus:

Causes deep burns through muscle and down to the bone, continuing to burn until deprived of oxygen.

Can contaminate other parts of the body, poisoning and irreparably damaging internal organs.

Is extremely painful and very lethal.

White phosphorus was used extensively in the war on Gaza 2008-09

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Source: Amnesty International

Remains of a US-made Hellfire missile that killed 3 paramedics and a child in Gaza.

War on Gaza, ‘08-’09:

American-made planes

Dropping American-made bombs

Paid for with American taxpayer funds

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Source: Amnesty International

What Does the Militarization of America

Mean for You?57

A Weaker Economy

The more a country spends on the military relative to its economy:

The slower the economic growthThe higher the unemploymentThe slower the productivity growth

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Source: Council on Economic Priorities

A Weaker Economy

Money to finance wars displaces productive investment, for example to rebuild infrastructure.

As a result of not making these investments, future output in the U.S. will be smaller.

Source: Stiglitz and Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War

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Financing Costs: Affect Future Economic Growth

Money to finance the current wars is borrowed, largely from foreigners.

This money has to be repaid, with interest. A huge national debt comes at the expense of domestic investment and future growth. Owing this debt to foreigners increases our vulnerability to foreign control of markets and policy.

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Interest Costs of Iraq War

Source: Congressional Joint Economic Committee Majority Staff, Nov. 2007

Interest costs alone are so high that they will soon dwarf federal spending on other priorities

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Future Costs Burden Our Economy

Future significant costs of current wars, e.g., continuing treatment for those wounded, will help restrain economic growth

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Projected Costs of Wars Through 2017: $3.5 Trillion

Almost $50,000 per Family


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Total Estimated Costs of Iraq & Afghanistan: $3.5 Trillion

With $3.5 trillion, for the next 133 years, we could send every 18-year-old in the U.S. to a state university. We could pay all their education expenses--tuition, fees, and room and board--for four years.

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Environmental Costs

The U.S. military is the biggest polluter in the

world, generating an estimated 750,000 tons of toxic waste every year

The military burns an estimated 20 million gallons of gasoline daily—about the same as the entire country of Iran

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Sources: Graydon Carter; Barry Sanders

Environmental Costs

Even if every person, every automobile, and every factory suddenly emitted zero emissions, the Earth would still be headed toward total disaster:

The US military produces enough greenhouse gases, by itself, to place our species in imminent danger of extinction

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Sources: Graydon Carter; Barry Sanders

Costs of Militarism

We have less to invest in new businesses and new ways of doing things—our economy is weaker.

We have less to spend on health, education, infrastructure, art and culture.

We all have to work harder and longer hours, just to stay even.

We endanger the climate and the ability of human beings to live on earth.

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Militarism:Threat to American

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Threat to Democracy

Militarism restricts freedom at home Freedom of speech (e.g., Eugene Debs imprisoned for

several years because of opposition to World War I) People today fearful of protesting—might lose jobs

Militarism expands government surveillance of citizens Patriot Act NSA data mining

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Threat to Democracy

Militarism involves immense amounts of money that corrupt the political system Campaign contributions and election ads by war profiteers Lobbying by war profiteers and other corporations (e.g., oil)

Militarism leads to secrecy which is incompatible with democracy The “State Secrets Privilege”: invoked 23 times by Bush &

used to dismiss entire cases without regard to the merits—now used by Obama

The hiding of the “Pentagon Papers” during the Vietnam War

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Threat to Democracy

Militarism erodes fundamental rights Denial of Habeas Corpus in “War on Terror” Legalization of torture Military Commissions Act of 2006, creating kangaroo

courts

Militarism demonizes certain citizens--who then lose basic rights Japanese-Americans in WW II Muslims and Arab Americans today

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Threat to Democracy

Militarism alters the balance of power in our form of government One person now effectively declares war, not Congress As “Commander in Chief,” all Presidents use

“patriotism” to garner power—and today the presidency is more powerful than ever in our history

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Threat to Democracy

Militarism leads to powerful secret paramilitary organizations, illegal actions by government, and lack of accountability—destroying the rule of law CIA – Illegal violence in Chile, Iran, Central America,

Pakistan “Extraordinary rendition”— kidnappings and

disappearances CIA Black Sites—secret prisons, beyond any law Contractors—beyond oversight

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Threat to Democracy

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is . . . most to be dreaded because it comprises . . . the germ of every other. . . No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison

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What We Can Do79

Policy Changes We Need

Close foreign basesEnd war profiteering Dramatically reduce military contracting and

the outsourcing of warLeave Iraq and Afghanistan--completelyCut the military budget

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Close Foreign Bases

The Declaration of Independence criticizes the British "for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us" and "for protecting them . . . from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States.“

Foreign bases create enemies and make us less safe.

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The Movement to End Foreign Bases82

Source: International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

End War Profiteering

FDR , during World War II: "I don't want to see a single war millionaire created

in the United States as a result of this world disaster.“

FDR:Supported broad increases in the corporate

income tax;Raised the excess-profits tax to 90 percent; and Charged the Office of War Mobilization with the

task of eliminating illegal profits.

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Stop Using Mercenariesand Other Contractors

No accountabilityMuch more expensiveMake war too easy

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Get Out of Iraq and Afghanistan

These wars:Are creating new enemies, making us less

safeAre destroying our economyAre killing and maiming our young people—

as well as hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Afghans, and Pakistanis

Leave no bases or contractors behind!

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Cut the Military Budget

We can cut the military budget substantially if we:

Close foreign military basesEnd occupations and warsStop war profiteeringEnd use of mercenaries and other

contractors

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How Much Should We Cut the Budget?

Rep. Barney Frank’s goal: Cut the military budget by 25%

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How Much Should We Cut the Budget?88

Andrew Bacevich:

We should reduce the US military budget to a level that does not exceed the combined military spending of all ten of the next highest-spending countries in the world.

Source: National Priorities Project—Security Spending Primer

Cut the Military Budget

The annual “Unified Security Budget” specifies ways to cut the military budget and refocus spending for real security.

Check it out: www.fpif.org from Foreign Policy in Focus.

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The Cost of Militarism

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Dwight Eisenhower

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LOBBYING

ELECTORAL WORK

PUBLIC EDUCATION

MEDIA OUTREACH

STREET ACTIVISM

Join the movement.Peace Demands Action.

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• Foreign Policy in Focus

• Center for Arms Control

• National Priorities Project

• Peace Action

• Friends Committee on National Legislation

• American Friends Service Committee

• Veterans for Peace

• Pax Christi

• Jewish Voice for Peace

• Network of Spiritual Progressives

• Progressive Democrats of America

• etc, etc, etc.

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Join Us: You Can Lobby

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Join Us: You Can Help Us Elect Progressive Candidates

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Join Us: You Can Help Us Inform Our Community

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Join Us: You Can Help Us with Media Work

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Join Us: In the Streets!

Be A One-Minute Activist

Don’t feel like you can make that kind of time? There are other ways you can be part of the solution:

Sign up for Peace Action Montgomery’s bi-monthly email letter—and take the actions we suggest

Host an educational event through your church, community group, neighborhood

Contribute: money is power

Find what you can do—and do that

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Sources

American Forces Press Service, http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2009/05/proposed-military-recruiting-cuts-reasonable

American Friends Service Committee, http://www.countdowntowithdrawal.org/ Amnesty International, http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_20012.pdf Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation, 2009 Briefing Book,

http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/assets/pdfs/fy09_dod_request_briefing_book.pdf Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, “Putting Afghanistan Troop Increases in

Perspective,” Dec. 2. http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/120209_afghanistan_costs_in_perspective/

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, “Analysis of 2010 Defense Authorization Agreement,” Oct. 21, 2009. http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/102109_c111_fy10_authconf/

Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation: http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1258 Chalmers Johnson, America’s Empire of Bases.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1181/chalmers_johnson_on_garrisoning_the_planet Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Interim Report, June 2009:

http://www.wartimecontracting.gov/docs/CWC_Interim_Report_At_What_Cost_06-10-09.pdf

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Sources, continued

CNN , Congress to Probe Private Military Contractors in Afghanistan: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/afghanistan.contractors.probe/

Congressional Joint Economic Committee Majority Report. War At Any Price?: http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Reports.Reports&ContentRecord_id=c6616188-7e9c-9af9-716c-d2ecbc191d33&Region_id=&Issue_id=

Congressional Research Service Report RL 33110, September 28, 2009 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf

Congressional Research Service Report R40764, September 21, 2009, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40764.pdf

Congressional Research Service Report RL 33222, US Foreign Aid to Israel, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf

Congressional Research Service: http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/129342.pdf Anita Dancs, Mary Orisich, Suzanne Smith, The Military Costs of Securing Energy (National Priorities

Project – October 2008) http://www.nationalpriorities.org/auxiliary/energy_security/executive_summary.pdf

Foreign Policy in Focus: http://www.fpif.org/ Friends Committee on National Legislation, “Keeping Military Spending in Balance with the Nation’s

Priorities,” March 16, 2009. http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=3538&issue_id=19 Huck Gutman, http://www.redrat.net/BUSH_WAR/mercenaries/index.htm#mercs Iraq Coalition Casualties: http://icasualties.org/oif/ Jeremy Scahill, interviewed by Bill Moyers, June 2009.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18211.cfm

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Sources, continued

John Feffer, “Good War vs. Great Society,” Foreign Policy in Focus, Sept. 22, 2009. http://www.fpif.org/fpifzines/wb/6433

Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War, Norton & Co., 2008. Just Foreign Policy: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html National Priorities Project: http://www.nationalpriorities.org Newser: http://www.newser.com/story/38814/pentagon-seeks-152b-fighter-sale-to-

israel.html Peace Corps Web Site, http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?

shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1452 Refugees International: http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9679 Right Web: Committee for the Liberation of Iraq:

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier , “The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and

Domestic Spending Priorities ,” , Oct. 9, 2009: http://www.fpif.org/pdf/0910Jobs_report1.pdf U.S. Budget: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2010/assets/summary.pdf- United States Navy Fact File, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?

cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4, accessed November 15, 2009. War Resisters League: http://www.warresisters.org/ Widipedia: Lockheed Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin Ycharts: Lockheed Martin: http://ycharts.com/companies/LMT

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The following slides are extras, originally developed for this presentation, but which I decided not to use. Some people may want to use these, however, depending on specific needs.

U.S. Discretionary Budget, FY 09

Source: Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2009, Analytical Perspectives, Table 27-1

FY 2010 military spending is projected to be almost 9% greater than FY 2009.

“National Defense” in chart does not include veterans’ benefits—4% more.

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2010Budget: Military Recruitment vs. Peace Corps

0

1,000,000,000

2,000,000,000

3,000,000,000

4,000,000,000

5,000,000,000

6,000,000,000

7,000,000,000

Military Recruiting Budget

Peace Corps Total Budget

Dollars

Sources: American Forces Press Service; Peace Corps Web Site

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Federal Spending on War vs. Other Priorities, 2007


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With $3 Billion, Montgomery County Could Instead Have Paid For:

Renewable electricity for 2.8 million homes

Threat not addressed: global warming

16,338 affordable housing units Threat not addressed: homelessness and

poverty


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Discretionary Budget, FY 09


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Outsourcing War:Contractors vs. Troops in Afghanistan

Source: Congressional Research Service, DOD Contractors

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U.S. Environmental Priorities

In 2009, the U.S. will:

Spend $100 billion on securing energy access through the military

Invest $1.26 billion in renewable energy

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Source: Dancs, Orisich, Smith

How Much?

FY 2010 “national security budget” : $716 billion (including expected

supplemental)

Total is 8.8% higher than in FY 2009

“National security budget” includes: DOD, nuclear weapons and related defense activities, and Iraq and Afghanistan wars


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How Else Could We Spend $1 Trillion?

We could double funding for the National Cancer Institute—for 100 years

We could pay for a new Marshall Plan--ten times over

We could fund the UN Millennium Development Goals 16 times over

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With $3 Billion, Montgomery County Could Instead Have Paid For:

Health care for 1.2 million children for one year

Threat not addressed: unnecessary death and illness of children

51,479 port container inspectors. Threat not addressed: protection of

borders

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Direct Plus Indirect Costs of Wars Through 2008

Total: $20,900 Per U.S. Family


Direct war costs include all estimated budgeted costs of the war to the federal government. Indirect costs are all other economic costs.

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DOD Contracting: Procurement Budgets, FY 00 – FY 08

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Source: Center for Arms Control and Nonprolieration

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Comparative War Costs


As of Oct. 2008

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Number of Jobs with Annual Wages Between $32,000 and $64,000

Education Health Care Clean Energy Consumption Military

Source: Pollin & Garrett-Peltier, 2009

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