Fixing the economic mess we are in.

Barney Frank: Cut NATO Spending, It 'Serves No Strategic Purpose'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/27/barney-frank-nato_n_801515...

...

Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who has argued that the defense budget can be cut without harming military readiness,

This paper identifies roughly $109 billion that could be saved in the FY 2015 defense budget without compromising vital U.S. national security interests.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/09/defense_spending.html

In FY2010, the Treasury Department spent $414 Billion of your money on interest payments to the holders of the National Debt. Compare that to NASA at $19 Billion,

I recommend we pass a resolution that spending on space station and astronomy be cut and we get down to earth with science funding. The last time I check we could found a 1,000 times more scientists and non-space research vs. spending on the space station.

http://www.federalbudget.com/

In 2007, the largest recipient of American aid was Iraq. The second-largest was Afghanistan. The third-largest was Israel. In that year, these three countries accounted for $16.5 billion of America’s $41.9 billion in foreign economic and military aid, or 39%. I would be flabbergasted if less than 50% of America’s public would respond “yes” to the question “Do you think America should cut its aid to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel?” I’m pretty sure that means that cuts to 39% of the aid budget are off the table, too.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/04/deficit_r...

poll shows foreign aid is top of the list for budget cuts:

http://washingtonindependent.com/81684/the-futility-of-budget-cuts

US infrastructure debt: $2.2 Trillion http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Fixing the economic mess we are in.

$40 billion per year and climbing. In 2000, the National Drug Control budget exceeds $18 billion(1) and the states will spend upwards of $20 billion more.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/factsheets/economiccons/fact_econ...

facebook page: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

This report concludes that drug legalization would reduce government expenditure by $44.1

billion annually. Roughly $30.3 billion of this savings would accrue to state and local governments,

while roughly $13.8 billion would accrue to the federal government. Approximately $12.9 billion of

the savings would result from legalization of marijuana, $19.3 billion from legalization of cocaine and

heroin, and $11.6 from legalization of all other drugs.

Legalization would also generate tax revenue of roughly $32.7 billion annually if drugs were

taxed at rates comparable to those on alcohol and tobacco. Approximately $6.7 billion of this revenue

would result from legalization of marijuana, $22.5 billion from legalization of cocaine and heroin, and

$3.5 billion from legalization of all other drugs.

http://proxychi.baremetal.com/leap.cc/cms/docs/Miron-economic-repor...

Over the past 30 years, the government has spent 70% of drug war resources on police, prisons, and military with only 30% devoted to drug education and treatment.

http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_budget_pie_chart

Murder City a new book that explains that the government of Mexico is totally corrupt.