The War Is Making You Poor

We've Always Been at War with Eastasia

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Grayson

Imagine if we had decided after 9/11 to wean ourselves off oil and other carbon-based fuels. We'd be almost ten years into that project by now with thousands of lives and $1 trillion saved.

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Stopping Orwell's Nightmare

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Koehler

Alan Grayson introduced H.R. 5353: The War Is Making You Poor Act. It strikes me as the focal point of a reborn movement to end our wars in Asia and halt the spread of American hubris.

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The War Is Making You Poor Act

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Grayson

What George Orwell wrote about in 1984 has come true. What Eisenhower warned us about concerning the "military-industrial complex" has come true. War is a permanent feature of our societal landscape.

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