A Letter To "Inky"

Dear Editor:

The middle class has dodged most of the bullets from the

Battle of the Cliff, but the guns from the promised negotiations on spending

cuts are squarely aimed at us. As you

report, the President “expressed a willingness to reduce spending on popular

programs like Medicare…” and he’s still talking about “entitlement reform,”

which means cuts to Social Security.
Republican lawmakers are salivating at the prospect of getting these cuts.

Where in all this chatter is a mention of cuts to the

bloated Pentagon budget? Numerous

reports in the last couple years document that $100 billion/year could be

safely cut from military spending, with hundreds of costly overseas bases as

the chief culprits of over-spending.
Cutting $100 billion/year would just about eliminate the federal

deficit. Other reports document that

military spending is the least effective way to create jobs. Education, health care, renewable energy,

and yes, even tax cuts create more jobs than giving money hand over fist to the

war industry, as we do now. Military

spending has almost doubled in the last decade. Effective job creation is the best long term solution to the

budget deficit.

Let’s flip this script:
first cut the Pentagon.
Remember, Social Security has added not one dime to our deficit.

Sincerely,

Jane Swift Dugdale

284 S. Roberts Rd.

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

610 527 4170