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Volunteer Support for Warfare and Welfare

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Partisan groups are often divided over the issue of spending tax dollars on war and spending tax dollars on welfare.

What if decisions about going to war, sending weapons, or funding police actions could be made by the people instead of Congress or the President? What if those who voted for war were expected to pay for it? while those who voted against war were not expected to pay for it? Would the U.S. spend less? Would the U.S. be safer?

What if the people were able to vote for programs that improve the economy (public banking, workfare for the poor, no income taxes for medium to low wage earners, low or no taxes for employee-owned and run businesses, fiat currency for capital improvements/public works only), thereby reducing the need for welfare for the poor? What if those who voted for welfare for the poor were expected to pay for it? while those who voted against welfare for the poor were not expected to pay for it?

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The combined costs of current war, past war (and the interest accrued for those costs) represents 44% of the total 2017 budget, according the the War Resisters League, if trusts (e.g. social security and other kinds of collected insurance fees) are considered separately from costs paid through taxes.

According to a 2016 report from the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research, the United States spends $596 billion per year on military, China $215 billion, Saudi Arabia $84.2 billion, and Russia spends $66.4 billion.

The total combined budget (Federal, state and local) for welfare (food stamps, housing, payments) ) is $389 billion.

Allow the people to decide when and if the US goes to war

To reduce the cost of welfare for the poor--and to practice restoriative justice--require convicted criminals to perform community services for the poor.

To reduce the cost of providing for the poor, instead of providing cash paymnets to the able poor, provide workfare opportunities for public projects.

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Welfare/workfare for the poor should

If so much of the US economy were not dedicated to making weapons, we would be producing more products and services that actually improve the lives of all and some proverty we suffer might be eliminated.

Sell war bonds to support warfare.

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