Robert C. Koehler: Save the planet, behead the military budget
by Bill Press, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 07, 2022
3 minutes
Americans “need to imagine their vote has an impact on policy, an illusion the media encourages them to believe in.”
Ouch!
, writing in Fair Observer, seems to be saying . . . oh my God, democracy is a cliché, a big sham. I stand up, put my hand on my heart, pledge allegiance to the flag. This is America, land of the empowered voter. Then I read about our president’s latest budget proposal, which includes $813 billion for “national defense” — pushing the Pentagon budget’s already record-setting enormity further into
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