Field Director Judith Le Blanc's Letter on Pentagon Spending in the Washington Post
Letter to the editor
Pentagon cuts can work to our advantage
It’s neither a quandary nor a conundrum. It is an addiction.
The post-9/11 increase in defense contracting created an economy dependent on the Pentagon budget. Congress created the addiction. Now it’s time for it to wean the Pentagon by using the money cut from the defense budget to fund a transition to production for civilian use. It’s not a new idea. This has been done in the past.
We need the political will from liberals and conservatives alike to reduce the waste in the Pentagon budget in order to fund jobs in sectors that contribute to the economy for the long term.
The real conundrum: Will Congress move the money from weapons we no longer need to manufacturing that produces what we do need? Our military contractors, our communities and the federal budget need this transition from an addiction to military contracts to manufacturing to meet human needs.
Judith Le Blanc, New York
The writer is field director for Peace Action.
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