Apil 13, 2007 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet

Current Military $727 billion: • Military Personnel $136 billion • Operation & Maint. $249 billion • Procurement $111 billion • Research & Dev. $70 billion • Construction $10 billion • Family Housing $4 billion • DoD misc. $6 billion • Retired Pay $52 billion • DoE nuclear weapons $17 billion • NASA (50%) $9 billion • International Security $10 billion • Homeland Secur. (military) $31 billion • Exec. Office of President $1 billion • other military (non-DoD) $1 billion • plus ... anticipated supplemental war spending requests of $20 billion in addition to $141 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan wars already incorporated into figures above Past Military, $461 billion: • Veterans' Benefits $85 billion • Interest on national debt $376 billion (80% est. to be created by military spending) Human Resources $748 billion: • Health/Human Services • Soc. Sec. Administration • Education Dept. • Food/Nutrition programs • Housing & Urban Dev. • Labor Dept. • other human resources. General Government $295 billion: • Interest on debt (20%) • Treasury • Government personnel • Justice Dept. • State Dept. • Homeland Security (17%) • International Affairs • NASA (50%) • Judicial • Legislative • other general gov

Total Outlays (Federal Funds): $2,387 billion MILITARY: 51% and $1,228 billion NON-MILITARY: 49% and $1,159 billion HOW THESE FIGURES WERE DETERMINED Current military" includes Dept. of Defense ($585 billion), the military portion from other departments ($122 billion), and an unbudgetted estimate of supplemental appropriations ($20 billion). "Past military" represents veterans' benefits plus 80% of the interest on the debt.   (Information provided by War Resisters League) Stop the War!  Bring the Troops Home Now! 1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties. 4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, etc. 5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.   Contact: Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box AB `Ola`a (Kurtistown),Hawai`i   96760. Phone (808) 966-7622.  Email ja@interpac.net   http://www.malu-aina.org Hilo PeaHilHilo Vigil (April 13, 2007 – 291st week) 3:30- 5PM downtown Post Office