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Marching onward:
The season is fast changing, and we mossy denizens of the North begin to dig in, literally- The muddy soil
calls, (wait for it to dry-out a bit first!) the blossoms buzz with happy bees, the creeks rush, and seeds
burst to life with the hope of fulfilling their potential- a rich harvest. Im not talking here about growing
what you may think, but rather, the thing that matters most when hunger calls, the most important harbin-
ger of health: Fresh food, and of course food for the soul- The flowers.
This issue focused organically on The Economy an amorphous beast that seemingly rules everything.
Tax season looms- A good time to think about what we, personally and as a society, are willing to pay for.
Under President Obama, House Republicans voted more than 50 times to repeal or rewrite the Affordable
Care Act, but this month the Republican led House couldnt find the votes needed to pass its own health-
care law. Minutes before the vote was scheduled, House Speaker Paul Ryan canceled the vote. The bill
was opposed by every Democrat, many members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and
some moderate Republicans. The Freedom Caucus wanted more drastic cuts to Obamacare, while the
moderate Republicans were concerned with the potential fallout from a bill that would leave 24 million
more people uninsured and gave a major tax break to the rich. Another strike for Trumps at-bat.
A day later, Bernie Sanders told constituents that hell introduce a single-payer health care bill in Con- You can subscribe to
gress, as he has in the past, within a couple of weeks. Sanders said the defeat of the Republican health
care bill demonstrates widespread dissatisfaction among Americans with GOP health care policies., He Greenfuse for 12 issues:
thinks his Medicare for all bill will have strong appeal even among the red-state voters that put Trump
in the White House. It is a common sense proposal, and I think once the American people understand it, $25 (suggested) receive email up-
we can go forward with it. Plant that bell and let it ring. dates as a member of the Greenfuse
-Joshua Golden Insiders Clique.
In other national expense news: the Defense Department budget- Your Tax dollars at work. Anything over that up to $100 will

Military Excess
Powered by a lethal pursuit of dubious security
interests, Trump has proposed the U.S. military
budget be increased by $54 billion- equal to the
former budget of the Department of State as well
as the entire defense budget of Russia.
The U.S. is the only country in the world with a
military that can project force anywhere on the V-22 Osprey, an ambitious vertical takeoff and
globe.There is no rival of the U.S. Air Force, no landing hybrid aircraft, is neither reliable nor safe
other country has access to the countless ports
and anchorages and military bases the U.S. has.
The most wasteful of all military expenditures-The gram 25 years ago.
Air Force, is obsessed with fighter superiority in
an era without a threat, and has an advantage
over any combination of air powers.There was no
adversary for the F-22, the worlds most effective
and lethal air-to-air combat aircraft, but the pro- $65 billion in veterans spending and $26 billion for
gram was killed in 2011 to make way for the more
costly and contentious F-35, the Pentagons most
expensive weapons program.In flight, fighter
jets can consume up to $34,000 an hour.
The Navy has had total dominance at sea since
the end of the World War two.
Even the chief of naval operations con-
cedes that the United States enjoys a
degree of overmatch [with any poten-
tial adversary] that is extraordinary.
The Navy has its own air force, its own army, and
its own strategic weapons, and it is equal in size
to all the navies of the world combined.The
Coast Guard alone represents the worlds
seventh-largest fleet.
Second to the F-35 in ridiculous expense is the
next generation of aircraft carriers, the Navys most
expensive warships at $14 billion each.
The very existence of the Marine Corps, which has
more planes, ships, armored vehicles, and per-
sonnel than the entire British military, is
questionable.The Marines have not conducted an
amphibious landing in 65 years, and there is no
other nation in the world that has such a Corps in
terms of numbers and capabilities.The Marines
and even President George H.W. Bush and Secre-
tary of Defense Dick Cheney tried to kill the pro-
According to the National Priorities Project, the
2015 budget for the military was $598 billion,
which represented 54% of all federal discretionary
spending. However that number didnt include
nuclear weapons, bringing the total to about $690
billion, which is 63% of the $1.1 trillion in U.S.
discretionary spending. Just 8% of the military
budget would end global poverty.
Our country has been in a state of war 88% of the
time since its inception. Reducing the military
dominance of federal tax spending, is the only way
to de-escalate provocative aggression, reorder
U.S. priorities, and make the world a safer place
for everyone.
Weapons of war never buy safety.
The United States is in an arms race
with itself that must be stopped.
This Tax day start thinking about
withholding your support.
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