Anti-war protesters call for peace economy (VT)

[struggle4progress]

Anti-war protesters call for peace economy
November 2, 2008
By LISA RATHKE The Associated Press

MONTPELIER — Three days before the presidential election, anti-war activists rallied in front of the Statehouse on Saturday calling for an end to the war and a continued fight for change after Nov. 4 ...

About 50 demonstrators marched down State Street to the Statehouse led by a single drummer. They carried signs saying "Vermonters Say No to War," "Share the Wealth! Cut the Military Budget!" and "How Much Longer."Organizers urged the state to pursue what they called a peace economy. They insisted that the state should not give tax breaks to military weapons manufacturer General Dynamics of Burlington, which they said received $3 million in tax breaks last year.

"We don't want Vermont's taxpayer dollars going to war. We want it spent here to help with health care. There's over 60,000 Vermonters who don't have health care. That's where we need to be spending our money," said S'ra DeSantis of Burlington ...

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081102/NEWS02/811020435/1003/NEWS02

[democrank]

1. Thank you for posting this.

~PEACE~

[struggle4progress]

2. It's strange: most of the country says it reads a bible that tell of beating swords into plowshares,

the framers of our constitution so disliked standing armies that they insisted congress not authorize any military expenditures for more than two years at a time -- and yet we spend as much on war as the rest of the world combined :hippie:

[roody]

3. k