Less War. More Parks.
#1
Posted 08 April 2011 - 06:57 PM
2012 estimated defense related expenditures: $1.030β$1.415 trillion
Currently proposed HR1363 bill increase in Pentagon budget: 7.6 billion
2011 National Park Service budget request: 3.14 billion
Budget problem? Let me present the obvious problem:
It's time we stand up for investments at home.
Less War. More Parks.
Call me a hippy I guess
#2
Posted 09 April 2011 - 12:06 AM
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#3
Posted 09 April 2011 - 12:36 AM
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#4
Posted 09 April 2011 - 01:00 AM
Hey, you can be anti-war -- especially anti-war-waste -- without being a hippie.I believe it's important to understand the numbers we are working with here.
2012 estimated defense related expenditures: $1.030β$1.415 trillion
Currently proposed HR1363 bill increase in Pentagon budget: 7.6 billion
2011 National Park Service budget request: 3.14 billion
Budget problem? Let me present the obvious problem:
It's time we stand up for investments at home.
Less War. More Parks.
Call me a hippy I guess
With 20% of the Federal budget going to Dept of Defense, there all kinds of rational folks who think that much/most of this is just a friggin' waste of limited resources...and that's without even getting into arguments about "is killing wrong?"
Think of the worthwhile programs we could afford to fund if we just reduced Defense spending by 20% of it's current level... (or if you're not a tax-and-spend Liberal like me, think of the reduced taxes we could afford )
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#5
Posted 09 April 2011 - 03:48 AM
#6
Posted 09 April 2011 - 03:55 AM
Wow DD, I find it hard to believe you opened up this forum to this topic. It's your website and you can do with it as you please. I made a mistake of talking politcs here once, a decision which I regret. This may well be my last post.
I can't think of any topic more relevant to this forum than the funding of our national parks.
#7
Posted 09 April 2011 - 05:06 AM
No one likes to admit they are wrong, but I was wrong and I agree with you DD. I humbly invite all to join the Blue Ribbon Coalition at http://www.sharetrails.org/. They are a grass roots orginization dedicated to keeping our public lands open to all respectful users of our public lands.I can't think of any topic more relevant to this forum than the funding of our national parks.
#8
Posted 09 April 2011 - 06:23 PM
Now for my grumpy old man routine: "I remember a time when our parks were the envy of the world. Congress actually budgeted money for maintenance. Those days are gone. I'd like to see Congress gone."
#9
Posted 09 April 2011 - 06:35 PM
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#10
Posted 09 April 2011 - 06:45 PM
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