[Peace-discuss] Catholic bishops on cutting the military budget

[Robert Naiman]

Catholic bishops on cutting the military budget
"A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate
cuts in essential services to poor persons; it requires shared
sacrifice by all, including raising adequate revenues, eliminating
unnecessary military and other spending…"
"We are also very concerned with proposals to eliminate the 'firewall'
that currently exists between defense and nondefense spending.
Elimination of this firewall would mean that poverty-related domestic
and international programs would compete with other more powerful
interests and less essential priorities. Likewise, reverting to a
'security/non-security' distinction for Fiscal Year 2013 would
threaten international development assistance."
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/federal-budget/upload/Letter-to-Congress-Federal-Budget-2012-03-06.pdf


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