DeFund the Iraq War

The American Friends Service Committee is calling for Congress to bring the U.S. Troops home from Iraq and to take care of their needs upon return. Congress can stop the war by refusing to fund it.

Taxpayers have already spent more than $1 trillion for the first four years of the war. Every day that the war continues adds $720 million to that tally. This money should be spent in more effective and humane ways: aid to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, an eventual Iraqi-led repair and reconstruction, and funding vital needs -- such as health care, jobs, and education -- here in the United States.

While our government spent $1 trillion on a misguided war, Congress and the Administration have cut funding for vital services at home in the name of fiscal "restraint." Between 2002 and 2006, dozens of federal programs have been cut, including Head Start, the Community Food and Nutrition program, youth job training, affordable housing, and maternal and child health programs. The official number of people living in poverty in the U.S. gre from 34.6 to 37 million between 2002 and 2005, and 1.5 million people lost their health insurance. We need to make it clear: We want our tax dollars spent on critical human needs both here and in Iraq!

--from the American Friends Service Committee
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