Cut the Military Budget

 “Panetta Is Dead Wrong on War Spending
 Robert Greenwald info@bravenew01.org via uark.edu to James

October 15, 2011

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Dear James, Your generous support allows to quickly respond to misinformation like this. Please help us get the truth out about the need to cut the bloated war budget. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is flagrantly advocating for war profiteers at the expense of real security for the American people. He's trying to browbeat Congress and other officials into continuing to send huge sums of our money to war profiteers who are killing jobs and ripping off the taxpayer. Our new video busts Panetta's scare tactics and talking points--please watch it and share it. Huge military budgets cost jobs. That's an established fact. The corporations like Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman and General Dynamics that make billions every year selling the Pentagon super-expensive and often useless weaponry don't care about the effects of their profiteering. They just want to keep the gravy train rolling (For example, Lockheed Martin's CEO made $21.9 million last year, with most of the money coming from your taxes.). These contractors held a closed-door meeting with Panetta on September 13, and since then, he's parroted their untrue talking points and warned of "doomsday" if elected officials make even modest cuts to the bloated, corruption-filled war budget. Panetta repeated more misleading spin when he testified before Congress this week. War spending kills jobs and productivity in the economy, but Panetta recently claimed just the opposite. Even the largest cuts to the military budget on the table in deficit reduction talks would simply return us to spending at 2007 levels--which was the highest level ever at the time--but Panetta strangely claims this is "doomsday." We don't need to spend six times China's military budget on war to keep America safe, and the last thing our economy needs right now is more job-killing spending on war profiteers. Please watch our video and share it with your friends as soon as you can. Don't let Panetta and the war industry get away with misleading Congress again. Your financial support makes our effort possible. Thank you for helping us stand strong against the war industry and the Pentagon's spin campaign. Sincerely, Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Foundation team P.S. After you watch our video and share it with your friends, join War Costs on Facebook.