FOR WE AMERICANS, THIS NEEDS TO BE THE BIG CAMPAIGN FOR 2011

Not $1 moreThere’s a lot of talk in Congress about how to cut the U.S. budget these days. But there’s one place that nobody in Congress or the White House wants to talk about belt-tightening – the Pentagon.

Despite all the tough talk, neither the President nor the Congress are proposing to cut overall spending on war and weapons. In fact, BOTH parties are still talking about an INCREASE in spending for the Pentagon, which already gets more than 50% of all the money Congress votes on, and that doesn't even *count* the money for the actual wars.

If Congress is willing to cut stuff that Americans really need - like job training, home heating assistance, and research into clean energy - then EVERYTHING needs to be "on the table" for cuts.

That’s why we've launched the “Not $1 More” campaign - and we want YOU to sign on first. Tell Congress to ‘put the guns on the table’ and make the Pentagon live by the same budget rules as everyone else: Sign here to support Not $1 More.


Dear Congress and President Obama,
If you want to cut spending and the deficit, you have to go where the money is. Over half of all discretionary spending goes to the Pentagon. And yet neither party has put forward a serious plan to freeze or reduce the Pentagon budget.

We call on you to immediately freeze Pentagon spending at last year's levels, and begin looking for ways to CUT spending on war and weapons in the future.

With so many pressing needs at home and abroad we cannot afford to waste any more money - not $1 more - on the Pentagon than we already spend.