Don’t Call It a 'Defense' Budget

Submitted by Anna on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:44

Norman Solomon
February 2, 2010

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This isn’t “defense.”

The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day.

Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it.

“Unless miraculous growth, or miraculous political compromises, creates some unforeseen change over the next decade, there is virtually no room for new domestic initiatives for Mr. Obama or his successors,” the New York Times reports this morning (February 2)

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