War is Making You Poor

Dear America,

Next week, there is going to be a "debate" 
in Congress on yet another war funding 
bill. The bill is supposed to pass without 
debate, so no one will notice.

What George Orwell wrote about in 
"1984" has come true. What Eisenhower
warned us about concerning the "military-
industrial complex" has come true. 
War is a permanent feature of our 
societal landscape, so much so that 
no one notices it anymore.

But we're going to 
change this. Today, 
we're introducing 
a bill called 'The 
War Is Making You 
Poor  Act'. The purpose of this bill 
is to connect the dots, and to show 
people in a real and concrete way 
the cost of these endless wars. 
We're working to get co-sponsors 
in Congress, but, we need citizen 
co-sponsors as well. Become a 
citizen cosponsor today at TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com. 
Act Now.

http://www.TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com

Next year's budget allocates 
$159,000,000,000 to perpetuate 
the occupations of Afghanistan 
and  Iraq. That's enough money to 
eliminate federal income taxes 
for the first $35,000 of every 
American's income. Beyond that, 
leaves over $15 billion to cut the 
deficit. 


And that's what this bill does. It 
eliminates separate funding for 
the occupation of Iraq and 
Afghanistan, and eliminates federal 
income taxes for everyone's first 
$35,000 of income ($70,000 for 
couples). Plus it pays down the 
national debt. Does that sound 
good to you? 

Then please sign our petition in 
support of this bill, and help us 
build a movement to end our 
permanent state of war.

http://www.TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com

The costs of the war have been 
rendered invisible. 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 'emergency 
supplemental'. A nine-year 
'emergency'.

Let's show Congress the cost of 
these wars is too much for us.

http://www.TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com

Tell Congress that you like 'The 
War Is Making You Poor Act'. 
No, tell Congress you love it.

http://www.TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com

All we are saying is "give peace a 
chance." We will end these wars.  
Together.

Courage,
Alan Grayson