Just Foreign Policy Responds to Super Committee “Failure”: “We Now Have a Historic Opportunity to Cut Military Spending” | Common Dreams

WASHINGTON – November 21 – Responding to reports that the Congressional “Super Committee” had failed to reach agreement on a new plan to reduce projected government debt by $1.2 trillion over ten years, Just Foreign Policy Policy Director Robert Naiman said today, “Given the deals that were on the table, 99% of Americans should celebrate the ‘failure’ of the Supercommittee to reach agreement. The ‘automatic trigger’ – which is now supposed to be implemented under the Budget Control Act – protects Social Security benefits and does not raise the Medicare retirement age. The trigger would force real but sustainable cuts to projected military spending – cuts that can easily be achieved by drawing down our military forces to pre-war levels, canceling unnecessary weapons systems, and closing unnecessary foreign bases.”

Just Foreign Policy Responds to Super Committee “Failure”: “We Now Have a Historic Opportunity to Cut Military Spending” | Common Dreams.