Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024
Posted: 15th April 2024
On April 15, ‘Tax Day’, Americans forfeit a sizable chunk of their income to the Pentagon, dedicated to the preparation for
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Our money is paying for wars
In fiscal year 2023, the Pentagon received $858 billion of our tax dollars for the preparation for war. If you factor in other hidden costs including the nuclear weapons complex, that figure soars to an even more obscene $1 trillion per year. The Plowshares movement founder, Philip Berrigan (pictured), had his own way of resisting this, including spending a total of 11 years behind bars for acts of civil disobedience guided by conscience. But each of us can establish our own “Ministry of Risk” to oppose this misuse of our money, writes Brad Wolf. READ MORE
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