Tell Congress: End the militarism in our communities

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Tell Congress: End the militarism in our communities

Donald Trump just called for a $1.5 trillion military budget, which, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, would balloon to $5 trillion by 2035.

More than half of this money will go to private contractors, the same contractors who were found to price-gouge the Pentagon by as much as 40%. A September 2024 report from the independent, non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that the Department of Defense is the only major federal agency that has never passed a “clean audit,” and of the 29 agencies under the Pentagon umbrella, several have never passed an audit.

Funds given to the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security reach our communities through the deployment of ICE, Customs and Border Protection, the National Guard, and local police. ICE and CBP are roaming our communities in tactical gear, terrorizing civilians. And, as of 2021, the Dept. of Defense transferred $7.4 billion in surplus military equipment to local police departments. A study from 2017 showed that officers from police departments that used military equipment were more likely to display violent behavior and kill civilians.

The same Big Brutal Bill that gave billions of dollars to DHS also inflicted $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act over the next decade―expected to leave 15 million people uninsured and millions more struggling to pay medical costs. It also cut $187 billion from SNAP―the largest cut in the program's history―affecting 40 million people.

FY26 spending on domestic and human needs appropriations is at its lowest level since 2017, accounting for inflation. We’re constantly told there isn’t enough money to fully fund human needs programs like education, health care, housing, and nutrition programs, yet there always seems to be money to spend on the military and harsh immigration policies that terrorize communities and tear apart families.

We need more funding for human needs programs and an end to Pentagon excess and growing militarism in our communities.

Click “Start Writing” to send a message to Congress telling them to support human needs programs and stop funding military excesses that increasingly threaten our communities.