Think what we could do for employment, health-care, clean energy, public transportation, education, housing and poverty –if half of the pentagon funds and personnel were redirected and retrained to those sectors. All those things cost so much less than war and military bases.
Government is supposed to have a fiduciary relationship with the public, not sell itself to corporate bidders. If the cost of campaigning is truly the reason our congresspeople are bought, then campaign spending has to be limited to a minimal amount and funded through grants, not donations.
Think what we could do for employment, health-care, clean energy, public transportation, education, housing and poverty –if half of the pentagon funds and personnel were redirected and retrained to those sectors. All those things cost so much less than war and military bases.
Government is supposed to have a fiduciary relationship with the public, not sell itself to corporate bidders. If the cost of campaigning is truly the reason our congresspeople are bought, then campaign spending has to be limited to a minimal amount and funded through grants, not donations.