Rep. Lynn Woolsey & True Majority: A Little Common Sense With Your Budget Pie

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An email from Rep. Lynn Woolsey & True Majority (http://www.truemajority.org)...

A Little Common Sense With Your Budget Pie

More Schools | Less Bombs

From the desk of Rep. Lynn Woolsey,

Do you think our government should provide health insurance to children who don't have it? Rebuild America's crumbling schools? Cut our reliance on foreign oil? I certainly do, and that's why I'm introducing a bill that does just that - without raising taxes. Will you help me make it the law of the land?

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/commonsensebudget07

I'm Rep. Lynn Woolsey from California, and I've just introduced the Common Sense Budget Act,1 which I wrote with the folks at TrueMajority.org. This bill would take $60 billion in wasted Pentagon spending and use it instead on education, health care and other human needs programs that we all care about. (And regardless of how you feel about the "War on Terror", you should know that it won't take any money from our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan, which are funded separately.)

Retired Generals, Admirals, even a former Asst. Secretary of Defense say it's a good idea, and most of the public agree. But to make it happen, Congress needs to hear from you. Tell your Representative that you support a Common Sense Budget and ask them to join me by cosponsoring this bill.

I've been working with TrueMajority.org and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities on this issue for a couple of years. When we started, the idea of taking money from the Pentagon (even though it's money that's being wasted on obsolete 'Cold War era' weapons) to help pay for social programs was pretty novel. But in our first session, we got 38 members of Congress to cosponsor the bill, as well as state legislators endorsing the campaign across the country. And when you add their support to the list of retired admirals and generals, 700 business leaders, and the majority of the American public, we're a lot closer to getting a budget that takes care of our needs at home -- and cuts back on runaway Pentagon spending -- than we were two years ago.

Now we have a new Congress and a new tone in Washington, but we need to build even more support in order to see the changes we know are right. So please email your Representative today and encourage him or her to endorse the Common Sense Budget Act.

Sincerely,

Lynn Woolsey
Member of Congress

PS: There is some great work going on around the country on this issue. In Iowa and New Hampshire, Sensible Priorities is a message on everyone's lips. Your support in this work will help us hear it out of the mouth of our next President.

1 - Common Sense Budget Act

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Here's the message we'll send to your representative

I support a "Common Sense" federal budget, H.R. 1702, in which we invest less in the military-industrial complex, and more in our kids and our future. Let's build more schools, not more outdated weapons systems.

The Common Sense Budget Act was introduced in the House by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA). Please sign on to this bill as a cosponsor and do everything you can to build the budget around real American values.

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1. WHAT??? All the flocks of Kucinich and Edwards supporters, who care so much

about poverty???

I can be as snarky as I wish, cuz it's clear nobody will even *LOOK* at it!

Gawd, the hypocrisy!!!!