BUDGET PRIORITIES - A Government Shopping List & Rambling Commentary 

	+ 12 SSN(X) stealth submarines
　　 + 200 hypersonic stealth drones
    + 100 more ultra-sonic nuclear missles
    + Four super spy satellites

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	- Enough food for billions
	- Education for those in substantial need 
	- Adequate housing for the elderly
	- A planet moving towards harmony.

	How's the equation come out? 
	Don't wait to see -
	Actively share your views
	& voice your concerns
	Refuse to be co-opted
	by a system fostering
	indifference & greed.

	Make your conscience the bottom line
	& demonstrate compassion while we still have time.



Ted:    (shrugging) It is a simple fact that for some industries, war is more profitable than peace. 

Terri:  Indeed. Also, don't you think there is almost Christian about the way this author 
        talks about 'conscience?'

Kris:   (nodding) It seems quaintly archaic. Aren't most people more concerned about 
        convenience, not conscience?

Tim:    (sighing) Our algorithms for navigating the world need to be revised.

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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A poem, art work, and dialog about conscientious living and government spending 
KEYWORDS: financial networks,  government spending, militarism, defense funding, defense spending 

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1998 in Machester, England / Finished: 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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