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What is the Peace Dividend strategy?

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YES! It's come to this. The reason is simple. The war machine will continue to accelerate until we stop it.

However, there's hope. There's a very proven method for stopping our out-of-control government from further squandering. It's a proven method! Works every time ...

Empty the vault! No money. No money for military expansion. No money. No money for imperial wars.

This is exactly what the conservatives have done to us for years, only we're turning the tables. THEY spend all the money on war and military. "Oh gosh, folks. We ran out of money. Sorry. We have to cut social programs. And there's nothing now to fix our infrastructure."

Ah hah! We see how this works. So we do exactly the same thing to them. THE REFUND (now we're getting to the real reason for such an outrageous, drastic approach) EMPTIES THE VAULT. Refund $6.832 trillion to THE PEOPLE. No money for war. "Oh gosh, warmongers. We ran out of money. Sorry. You'll have to close the bases. Start with Guantanamo and Okinawa. And we'll have to cancel all that silly militarization of outer space. And the upgrading our nuclear weapons? Out of the question. Building more ships and tanks and missiles. FUHGEDDABOUDIT!"

Do you folks get this? This is so obvious. This could work!

But instead we flounder around talking about trimming this and trimming that. SCREW THE TRIMMING! Get people angry! Show them the LIES! The outrageous waste and fraud. Get people to DEMAND THEIR PEACE DIVIDEND REFUND ... $20,544 for every single citizen! Spend the money on THE PEOPLE! No money for war!

How can the people get the power back?

How can we get our military, our economy, our government back on track?

ONLY VOTE FOR PEACE DIVIDEND CANDIDATES!

If we get a veto-proof majority in the House and the Senate, and these newly elected representatives go to DC and pass the Peace Dividend legislation, EVERYTHING CHANGES! Just sit back with a glass of your favorite evening comfort drink and think about it. EVERYTHING CHANGES ... at least for now. People get a windfall. The DOD is stopped in its tracks. The MIC has to completely rethink and retool. And we can actually talk about things that matter to most Americans. The entire two-party duopoly gets turned on its head. Why? Because 99% of the establishment candidates from the two major parties will refuse to go along with this. They'll fight it tooth, nail, cloak, dagger, go nuclear, go INSANE! I already know the kaka that they'll be spewing. You do too. You hear it every time anybody wants to do something for THE PEOPLE of this country.

Listen, folks. We've got nothing to lose here. Here's the worst case scenario ...

Even if we don't get our refund, if we got this in front of the public, if we got media to pay attention to this idea -- and yes, if in 250 congressional races THIS was a big deal, it would be headline news on MSM -- for the first time in decades we'd be talking about the insanity and waste and lies surrounding the endless wars. We'd be talking about PEACE for a change! And maybe have a serious discussion about how truly screwed up the priorities are right now.

Please keep this thought front and center at all times: The Peace Dividend Project has a very specific goal. Stop the war machine before it destroys the country and possibly all life on the planet. Of course, I feel horrible for the people in Yemen and Iran and Venezuela and Cuba and all the other victims of U.S. military aggression and twisted foreign policies. But none of them are HERE in the belly of this horrible beast. None of them can vote. We start here and if we can stop the hate and lies inside our borders, we can start spreading the love and truth outside our borders. Maybe the world will forgive us our sins and we can get a fresh start.

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John Rachel has a B.A. in Philosophy, and has written ten novels and six political non-fiction books. His political articles have appeared at OpEdNews, Russia Insider, The Greanville Post, and other alternative media outlets. Since leaving (more...)
 

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