Let's shut down the Pentagon (War) slush fund
A bipartisan group of representatives is circulating a letter demanding accountability and transparency for war funding.
Tell your Representative to sign the letter to rein in wasteful Pentagon spending.
When we enter the 14th year of war in Afghanistan in October, how much
will we spending to keep our troops there? We don’t know, and neither does
Congress.
The House is voting on the Pentagon budget next week and the
administration still hasn’t decided how much the war is going to cost or
how many troops will be there. But they’re not worried because for years,
war money has been a separate pot outside of the regular Pentagon
budget.
There are no caps and no real accountability.
It’s time for that
to change.
Please tell your representative to demand accountability on war spending.
In these tight budget times, both the Pentagon and Congress have taken
advantage of the lack of transparency and constraints on war spending.
The war budget has become a slush fund for pet projects that
aren’t really related to war spending but can’t fit in the capped (but
still huge)base Pentagon budget. The military has indicated that they
want to keep using this irresponsible practice for years to come, even
though we’re supposed to believing our decade of war behind.
A bipartisan group of representatives is working to shine a light on this
practice. They are circulating a letter to the President calling for an
end to limitless war spending outside the budget and strict standards for
what counts as war spending. If we’re going to rein in this reckless
spending, we need to show Congress that we’re paying attention and push
as many of them as possible to speak out.
Let’s shut this slush fund down. Tell your Representative to sign the letter to end limitless war spending.
Thank you.
Rebecca Griffin
Political Director
Peace Action West • 2201 Broadway, Ste 321 Oakland, CA 94612 • 800.949.9020
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