1/ I’ve spoken and written extensively on the establishment of a United States Department of Peace. The idea of creating such an agency is given short shrift in legislative circles, however, and for obvious reasons.
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2/ Defense industry donations don’t rush in to the coffers of politicians funding peace; they rush in to the coffers of politicians funding war. War profiteering, supposedly a crime, has become an industry. An industry worth trillions of dollars.
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3/ An industry that is one of the pillars of the American economy. An industry that exerts so much power in America that our government is little more than its handmaiden, with politicians from both parties among its major stockholders.mariannewilliamson.substack.…

Jan 3, 2022 · 10:38 PM UTC

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4/ And this we have to change.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It was George W. Bush that raised the Defense budget from just over 400 billion to over 700 billion “all by himself” … ALMOST DOUBLING IT … and both Obama and Biden have kept it right there … In fact, Biden has raised it even higher to 780 billion … WHY?
Replying to @marwilliamson
Wonderful idea, we certainly need peace - but there's no money to be made from it so the war machine just keeps on churning. ☹️
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