Budgets are moral documents and how we spend our money reflects what we value — as individuals and as a nation. Every week we put our faith into action at All Saints Church and this week we are urging support for Congresswoman Barbara Lee who — with support from Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — has introduced a resolution to move $350 billion per year out of militarism and into human needs.

On a smaller scale, but with the potential for a more immediate result, Senator Bernie Sanders has said he will introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to move $74 billion a year from militarism to human needs.

We need to move all of Congress in this direction. To add  your voice to those calling for change, click here to email your Representative and Senators.

The U.S. government is expected to spend, in its discretionary budget in 2021, $740 billion on the military and $660 billion on everything else: environmental protections, energy, education, transportation, diplomacy, housing, agriculture, science, disease pandemics, parks, foreign (non-weapons) aid, etc., etc.

Moving $74 billion would result in $666 billion on militarism and $734 billion on everything else.

Moving $350 billion would result in $390 on militarism and $1,010 billion on everything else.

For more information, read: Time to ‘Reinvest in People’ and ‘Cut Weapons of War’: Barbara Lee Unveils Plan to Cut Up to $350 Billion From Pentagon