Working for Peace

Big budget deficits will be on the minds of the new congress. Raising taxes and cutting entitlement programs usually has solved the problem. But a Democrat congressman named Barney Frank has a great idea,he has suggested trimming military spending by 25 percent. It would take the place of raising taxes and cutting entitlement programs. This suggestion has angered most congressmen. But with a new Democratic administration soon coming into power the suggestion by Barney Frank will be taken seriously.

Military spending is necessary if our country is to remain safe. But there is a limit to how powerful we want our armed forces to be when there is no enemy nearly strong enough to challenge us. The money saved by cutting military spending could be better used to make our nation stronger by creating more jobs. The defeat of McCain and the Republican Party in the presidential elections will remove the strongest advocates of increased military spending. We need an economy based on peace not war. Obama is a peace candidate and will be a master of international negotiations. He is loved by peace loving people all over the world. Obama understands that America has internal economic problems and making new wars will not solve them.