An Idea Of Awesomeness Magnitude
<p>I think this is one of the best ideas I have <a href=”http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0629/conyers-throws-grayson-cosponsors-war-making-poor-act/”>ever heard out of Congress:</a></p> <blockquote> <p>It seems that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) would agree, perpetual war is making you poor.</p> <p>To begin rectifying the situation, he’s joined with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in co-sponsoring the "War is Making You Poor Act," […]
<p>I think this is one of the best ideas I have <a href=”http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0629/conyers-throws-grayson-cosponsors-war-making-poor-act/”>ever heard out of Congress:</a></p>
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<p>It seems that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) would agree, perpetual war is making you poor.</p>
<p>To begin rectifying the situation, he’s joined with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in co-sponsoring the "War is Making You Poor Act," which would limit defense spending to $548.9 billion: the exact figure alloted in the fiscal year 2011 budget.</p>
<p>The act also seeks to utilize an additional $159.3 billion set aside for "discretionary" operations abroad to relieve the full federal income tax burden on every American’s first $35,000 earned per year, or up to $70,000 per year for married couples.</p>
<p>According to <a href=”http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/06/rep_john_conyers_co-sponsoring.html”>Detroit publication MLive</a>, Conyers, who chairs the powerful <a href=”http://judiciary.house.gov/about/bio.html”>House Committee on the Judiciary</a>, is adding his name to the roster of support.</p>
<p>"I believe that the thing we need to do is to take that $159 billion that the President has set aside – we’re not saying he has to stop the war, we’re not giving a cut-off date for the war – we’re simply saying you need to fund that out of the base budget of $549 billion," Grayson said of his bill. "And we take 90 percent of that and give it back to the American people."</p>
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<p>I can’t wait to hear how the Republicans talk about this plan. You are talking about one of the biggest tax cuts in history and it will affect the entire nation. It doesn’t matter if you make $20,000 a year or $2,000,000 a year. Will the Republicans blast that? You can count on it.</p>
<p>Grayson <a href=”http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=34″>does have a petition going</a> to help this gain steam. Hopefully everyone will sign on. Even if it doesn’t become law, it would provide one hell of a debate.</p>
