Posted on 10/10/2012 6:02:00 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
St. Paul became the first city in Minnesota Wednesday, Oct. 10, to formally resolve that federal military spending needs to be trimmed.
A resolution sponsored by St. Paul City Council Member Amy Brendmoen unanimously passed the seven-member board. It asks the state's congressional delegation to support shifting funding priorities from military operations to the needs of local communities.
"The bottom line for me is that federal spending impacts the money that goes to local initiatives," Brendmoen said.
Wednesday's council meeting was attended by members of various anti-war and social justice groups, as well as state Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, and anti-war activist Coleen Rowley.
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas, said if every American taxpayer received a bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, St. Paul taxpayers' share would total an estimated $1.7 billion over the past decade.
Other major cities to pass resolutions in favor of trimming military spending are Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Hartford, Conn. Rowley said peace activists have approached the city councils in Eagan and Lakeville, but have yet to hear back. They also plan to approach Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, Shoreview and Mounds View in coming days.
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Isn’t Joe Biden a Catholic also?
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As if Govt. is a parent.
Get a clue, St. P. Govt. is in business to provide what?
Defense and infrastructure.
What else?
See what the residents of The Land of the Frostbitten Brain think about that.
I would disagree, the problem is that there are too many lefties running the town, the people of St Paul have been huge supporters of the military, Mancini’s steak house sent a ton of steaks to Iraq, Cossetta’s and many other businesses are always doing something to support our boys and girls in harms way. I would say that St Paul is generally conservative people that have gotten addicted to the welfare state.
I would rather the title be, St Paul MN says cut military, spend less.
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