This Week, Let's Help Burlington Kill the $1.5 Trillion F-35 Taxpayer Ripoff
If the seven Democrats and four Progressives voted yes to bar the F-35 from Burlington, while both Independents and the lone Republican voted no, the binding resolution would pass 11-3. Even if only a bare majority of Democrats voted yes, the resolution would still have eight votes out of 14.
So this fight about national priorities is a fight among Democrats. Since Democrats are supposed to favor Social Security, Medicare benefits, Head Start and food stamps over corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin, this should be a slam dunk. But it's not. Vermont's leading elected officials - Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders, and Peter Welch - support military Keynesianism in Vermont, even though military Keynesianism destroys American jobs.
People who have never seen the numbers often act surprised that military Keynesianism destroys American jobs. There's a powerful unquestioned dogma that unnecessary military spending creates jobs.
MoveOn Petitions - Burlington City Council: Vote No on Basing the F-35=
If the seven Democrats and four Progressives voted yes to bar the F-35 from Burlington, while both Independents and the lone Republican voted no, the binding resolution would pass 11-3. Even if only a bare majority of Democrats voted yes, the resolution would still have eight votes out of 14.
So this fight about national priorities is a fight among Democrats. Since Democrats are supposed to favor Social Security, Medicare benefits, Head Start and food stamps over corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin, this should be a slam dunk. But it's not. Vermont's leading elected officials - Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders, and Peter Welch - support military Keynesianism in Vermont, even though military Keynesianism destroys American jobs.
People who have never seen the numbers often act surprised that military Keynesianism destroys American jobs. There's a powerful unquestioned dogma that unnecessary military spending creates jobs.
MoveOn Petitions - Burlington City Council: Vote No on Basing the F-35=