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Under the cover of the war on terrorism, President Bush wants to spend $10 billion on Star Wars this year. That's enough to provide health insurance to all uninsured kids in our country. Could it ever work? Nobody knows. The President is in such a rush that the first phase of the Star Wars program can't even be operationally tested. We have to take it on faith. TrueMajority's parent organization is running this full-page ad in the New York Times.  If you'd like to send a fax (text below) to your Senators urging an end to funding for Star Wars, and you're a TrueMajority member, just click "reply" and "send" in your email program. If this was forwarded to you or you'd like to customize the message to your Senators, click here: http://action.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=10171&ms=stw1&ref=154898

Here is a copy of the print ad our parent organization, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, is running.  Click on the image to get a PDF version of the ad.

To send a letter about Star Wars to the editor of your local paper, click here:

http://action.truemajority.org/l2e/index.asp?cp=21

Yours for Sanity, Ben Cohen

Background on Star Wars: The Bush administration plans to deploy a national missile defense system in California and Alaska by September 2004. America's taxpayers have already sunk $130 billion into this program, with nothing to show for it. This year's budget request by the administration for Star Wars is another $10.2 billion. Thomas Christie, director of the Pentagon's testing office, has admitted to Congress that there is no way to determine whether the system will work.  

To learn more about Star Wars, go to http://64.177.207.201/pages/16_571.html

To see how the money spent on Star Wars could be invested in human needs programs in your community, go to http://database.nationalpriorities.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/NPP.woa/wa/tradeoff.

Here's the letter we'll fax to your Senators:

Dear Senator:

The budget deficit is growing, the war in Iraq is worsening, and critical humanitarian programs at home and abroad are being cut.

Nonetheless, President Bush wants to spend over $10 billion this year alone on Star Wars-a program that has yet to be tested and would contribute nothing to our battle against terrorists.

Our country, including our military, has many more pressing needs than Star Wars, even if it were sure to work.

Please, take a realistic look at our country's priorities and cut all funding for Star Wars.

Sincerely,
(We'll add your name and address here)

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