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A job for the "Squad" and progressive allies: Unite to downsize Biden's military budget


A job for the Squad and progressive allies: Unite to downsize Biden s military budget
Salon
5/4/2021
Barbara Lee, Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
Imagine this scenario: A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declare, We ve studied President Biden s proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump s already inflated budget, and we can t, in good conscience, support this.
Now that would be a show-stopper, particularly if they added, So we have decided to stand united, arm in arm, as a block of no  votes on any federal budget resolution that fails to reduce military spending by 10 to 30 percent. We stand united against a federal budget resolution that includes upwards of $30 billion for new nuclear weapons slated to ultimately cost nearly $2 trillion. We stand united in demanding the $50 billion earmarked to maintain all 80 ....

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The Squad & Co: Unite as a Block to Downsize Biden's Military Budget


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Imagine this scenario: A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declared, “We’ve studied President Biden’s proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump’s already inflated budget, and we can’t, in good conscience, support this.”
Now that would be a show stopper, particularly if they added, “So we have decided to stand united, arm in arm, as a block of NO votes on any federal budget resolution that fails to reduce military spending by 10-30 percent. We stand united against a federal budget resolution that includes upwards of $30 billion for new nuclear weapons slated to ultimately cost nearly $2 trillion. We stand united in demanding the $50 billion earmarked to maintain all 800 overseas bases, including the new one under construction in Henoko, Okinawa, be reduced by a third because it’s time we scaled back on plans for global domination.” ....

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