Business leaders agreeing with Kucinich about the Pentagon budget

[eridani]

Some well-known names here. Interesting that the 15% number was a point of agreement.

http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/who_we_are.htm

Our aim is to increase America's investment in programs that benefit our children (like schools, health care, Head Start) by cutting Cold War weapons systems and shifting the savings. That's just 15% of the Pentagon budget, but $60 to $70 billion available every year to meet children's basic needs.


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[eridani]

1. Are these people crazy fringe lefties?

Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities 500 members include the present or former CEOs of Bell Industries, Black Entertainment Television, Eastman Kodak, Goldman Sachs, Men's Warehouse, and Phillips Van Heusen—as well as Ted Turner and Paul Newman.

[Desertrose]

2. *snork* .....sure sounds like it....

crazy fringe lefties...yup...

Quite the list....maybe now, people will pay attention to some of these nice capitalist sounding companies :)

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DR

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Thanks for posting this

:)

[LWolf]

4. Dennis Kucinich is not a "fringe lefty."

Thanks to you and the business leaders for helping to point this out one more time. :hi:

That mischaracterization is one of the saddest things about this whole primary season; that democrats have shifted so far to the right that common sense, priorities, and pragmatic action to solve problems have been characterized as "fringe left."

The party is at a crossroads, IMO. They can continue their shift towards the right, and 3rd parties will gain strength. Or they can reopen the tent and unify their members, gathering strength needed to make gains in congress.

Thankfully, the party consists of more than the most strident democrats at DU calling for those who don't think like they do to get out of the sandbox.