Paving the way for a $1 TRILLION weapons and war budget

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Pamela: The House AND Senate have greenlit a dangerous budget plan that hands TRILLIONS to the Pentagon, war profiteers, and billionaires. They'd even send $15 billion more to the Pentagon (that it didn't even ask for!) — and ALL while slashing $1.5 trillion from health care and nutrition programs families need to survive.[1] 

Now, Congress is rapidly working to send Trump a final bill. Something is deeply broken here, Pamela. But there's a narrow window to course-correct.

Momentum is building. These votes were close, and Republicans are beginning to realize that slashing the social safety net isn't just bad policy, it's also terrible politics. That's not all: budget reconciliation is a wonky process, and each step is an opportunity to mobilize activists, sound the alarm across the movement, rally our champions, and work to peel off a handful of votes. With your help, we'll take advantage of every second.

We can push Congress to REJECT this plan and pass a budget that helps our communities — but it'll all come down to a matter of weeks, and it'll take a monumental effort. Our small team is putting it ALL on the line: Lobbying nonstop across Capitol Hill and running lockstep with partners across the movement to mobilize millions of people across the country. Together, we'll channel the massive public fury into pressure that can force members of Congress to put people before weapons contractor CEOs and other billionaires like Elon Musk. 

We've shut down attempts to pad the Pentagon budget before. We can do it again — and we must. With momentum and outrage growing across the grassroots and in Washington, we have a crucial chance to make a change. Going up against billionaires and the weapons lobby is anything but easy. Can you donate $27 now and join thousands of other people digging deep to stop this budget?

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As millions of families are struggling to get food on the table and pay for life-saving medical care, prioritizing billionaires' profits shows just how warped our government's priorities have become. 

But it's only the beginning. 

Passing a budget like this paves the way for even more inequality and suffering. We know, because they've laid their plans bare. Days ago, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed plans for the first-ever $1 TRILLION Pentagon budget — an eye-popping, record-breaking amount.[2] 

We'll all pay the price. The trillions we've already spent on weapons systems and war footing over the past two decades could have paid to cure cancer, combat the climate crisis, or solve homelessness, but they didn't. What they did was help make a few people like Elon Musk incredibly rich.

If this makes you angry, you're not alone. 

Public outcry is building. Millions of people took to the streets last weekend to say "Hands Off", because taking away trillions from hard-working families and handing it straight to billionaires and weapons contractors is not a popular move.

It's not an exaggeration to say lives are on the line. If Congress moves forward with this disastrous plan, Medicaid spending could be slashed by $880 billion. Millions could lose care, with little chance of getting coverage from any other source.

But we've taken on billionaires before and won — and now we're ready to do it again.

This fight will be won or lost in the next few weeks. That's why this is the moment to leave it all on the line. Taking on the enormous influence of mega weapons corporations and their lobbyists is EXACTLY what Win Without War was built to do. It takes incredible resources, and while we may not have billionaire backers, we DO have all of you. Can you support this work with a donation today?

Pamela, safety and security require critically needed investments in healthcare, infrastructure, education, peacebuilding, and diplomacy.

We're not about to let those priorities fall by the wayside so billionaires like Musk can make record-breaking profits.

Our job, now and always, is to defend communities facing violence and injustice. To have a chance at getting people the resources they need to stay safe and thrive, we'll have to keep working the same way we always have: Together.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team

1. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "New Budget Resolution Is Upside Down, Hurting Families the President Pledged to Serve to Shower Tax Cuts on the Wealthy and Powerful"
2. Politico, "Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget"

 

 

 

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