Matthew 5 Project: National Security through International Cooperation

Cut the Nuclear Pork from the Stimulus Bill

Some Senators have stealthily stuffed $1 billion for nuclear weapons into the recovery bill. The only thing this will stimulate is an arms race. It must go. The Senate bill now contains language authorizing $1 billion "for weapons activities" at the sprawling nuclear weapons ...complex of laboratories and factories run by the National Nuclear Security Administration, including new construction, new projects and new computers. The House bill does not contain this funding, for good reason.

Military spending is notoriously poor at stimulating the economy. Studies show that investing in mass transit, education or state and local government projects generate far more economic activity than money spent on weapons. There are, in addition, three other major problems with using this emergency legislation for non-urgent and unnecessary nuclear weapons purposes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-cirincione/cut-the-nuclear-pork-from_b_165478.html더 보기

President Obama Seeks Russia Deal to Slash Nuclear Weapons (see link below, it's a great article)

Friends,

This is a very important development – please sign on at http://www.matthew5project.org if you haven’t so we can continue to show evangelical and pentecostal support for this kind of outstandingly wise policy.

Also, ...please pass on the word to others you think might be interested in supporting intelligent diplomacy.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5654836.ece더 보기