An open letter to the U.S. Congress

No more funds for the military

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The American people are watching—and we are done waiting. We want YOU to fight for US, not continue to kowtow to this corrupt Administration. Congress was never meant to be a rubber stamp for an out-of-control Executive Branch. Your constitutional duty is clear: provide oversight, exercise the power of the purse, and act as a check on reckless, self-serving decisions that put politics and war ahead of the people you were elected to serve. Right now, you are being asked to approve a staggering $1.5 trillion military budget—not in response to a direct threat to American families, but to fund yet another unnecessary conflict on the other side of the planet. And to pay for it, the administration is proposing devastating cuts to the very programs that keep this country functioning. Let’s be absolutely clear about what is being sacrificed: • Billions stripped from public schools, college access, and vocational training, gutting the future of American students • Massive cuts to medical research, public health, and mental health services, putting lives at risk • Elimination of job training, small business support, and rural development programs, crushing economic opportunity • Cuts to infrastructure—roads, bridges, broadband, and public transit, weakening the backbone of our economy • Billions taken from clean energy, environmental protection, and disaster preparedness, leaving communities more vulnerable • Elimination of housing assistance, homelessness programs, and energy support for low-income families, pushing Americans further into crisis • Cuts to food assistance, school meals, and anti-poverty programs, increasing hunger and instability • Reductions in scientific research, cybersecurity, and technological innovation, undermining national competitiveness and security This is not fiscal responsibility. This is abandonment. You are being asked to take money from children, seniors, workers, small businesses, and vulnerable communities—and hand it over to fund war. That is a choice. And it is the wrong one. Congress, this is the moment that defines whether you serve the American people—or enable executive overreach. We are demanding the following: 1. Reject this military funding request in its current form. Do not approve a budget that prioritizes war over the well-being of Americans. 2. Restore and protect funding for education, healthcare, infrastructure, housing, and economic opportunity. 3. Exercise real oversight of the Executive Branch. No more blank checks. No more silence. 4. Hold public hearings and demand accountability for the justification behind this proposed conflict and its cost to the American people. You swore an oath to the Constitution—not to any president. That oath requires courage, not compliance. If you fail to act, you are not neutral—you are complicit. The American people are paying attention. We see exactly what is being taken from us, and we will remember who stood by while it happened. Do your job. Rein in this administration. Protect the people you represent.

▶ Created on April 4 by Rachel

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