Skip navigation
CODEPINK
    • ACTION ALERT: CODEPINK Statement on White Supremacist Attack on the Capitol, January 6 2021
    • ACTION ALERT: CODEPINK in the News Round-Up: January 2021
  • Codepink Store
  • Donate
  • Get Involved
  • Act Now
    Action Calendar Action Alerts Follow CODEPINK Volunteer: Be a Peacemaker CODEPINK Store Donate to CODEPINK Recommended Movies Recommended Books
  • Issues & Campaigns
  • Pink Updates (current)
    Last Week at CODEPINK Action Alerts PINK Tank ~ Blog CODEPINK Webinars Press Releases In the News Blogs from Iran Local Peace Economy Daily
  • About
    Founders & Staff What is CODEPINK Jobs and Internships Our Allies CODEPINK Advisory Board Contact Us
  • 50 Iran Experts
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  1. HOME
  2. PINK TANK ~ BLOG

Billions For The Naughty, Budget Cuts For The Nice

Posted by CODEPINK Staff



Share this image to show your friends and contacts what is really naughty and nice!


It’s almost Christmas... but like a Santa Claus gone psycho, Congress has scrambled the lists of the naughty and nice. They have appropriated our tax dollars for the war in Afghanistan and militarism/surveillance, while cutting unemployment benefits, food stamps and other critical domestic programs.

The consequences of prior budget cuts are already apparent: crumbling bridges; lingering unemployment; food stamps cut; working people having to rely on overstretched food banks; homeless people freezing to death on the streets, in the world’s richest nation.


Meanwhile, Congress voted to appropriate $552 billion, almost 60% of this year’s federal discretionary budget on the military, including funds for the war in Afghanistan. President Obama is pushing to keep over 10,000 troops there beyond his promise of a 2014 exit, instead of opting for the “zero option” of bringing all the troops home. After 12 years, we should not continue to waste $80 billion a year dragging out our military presence in Afghanistan.


The 2014 budget, hyped as a “solution” to the artificial crisis of sequestration, does not reflect our moral choices. Instead, it is an enormous giveaway to Pentagon and NSA contractors at the expense of hard working Americans. Naughty, indeed.

CODEPINK will continue to be in the halls of Congress with our messages of peace and justice.

Help by sharing this post to show your friends and contacts what is really naughty and nice.

Continue Reading

2020 Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela

The Trump Administration’s Parting Outrage Against Cuba

There Is No Future in War: Youth Rise Up, a Manifesto

Divestment Victory! Ritu Khanna Now Has No Investments in Weapons Companies

Show all posts

Be the first to comment


Sign in with

Facebook Twitter


Or sign in with email

    or Create an account


    Create an account

      or Sign in with email
      Please check your e-mail for a link to activate your account.
      CODEPINK - Women for Peace
      seach
      • ACT NOW
      • ACTION CALENDAR
      • ACTION ALERTS
      • FOLLOW CODEPINK
      • VOLUNTEER: BE A PEACEMAKER
      • CODEPINK STORE
      • DONATE TO CODEPINK
      • RECOMMENDED MOVIES
      • RECOMMENDED BOOKS
      • ISSUES & CAMPAIGNS
      • DIVEST FROM THE WAR MACHINE
      • PALESTINE
      • ACCOUNTABILITY: EXPOSING WAR CRIMES
      • IRAN
      • SAUDI ARABIA
      • PRESIDENT FOR PEACE
      • LATIN AMERICA
      • THE PEACE COLLECTIVE
      • THE FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY PROJECT
      • PINK UPDATES
      • LAST WEEK AT CODEPINK
      • ACTION ALERTS
      • PINK TANK ~ BLOG
      • CODEPINK WEBINARS
      • PRESS RELEASES
      • IN THE NEWS
      • BLOGS FROM IRAN
      • LOCAL PEACE ECONOMY DAILY
      • ABOUT
      • FOUNDERS & STAFF
      • WHAT IS CODEPINK
      • JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
      • OUR ALLIES
      • CODEPINK ADVISORY BOARD
      • CONTACT US
      • 50 IRAN EXPERTS
      © 2021 CODEPINK | All Rights Reserved | Created by Code Nation on NationBuilder