BUDGET PRIORITIES - A Government Shopping List & Rambling Commentary 

	+ One Class D Stealth Submarine
	+ Two MX Fighters - armed with the latest technology
	+ Three Type X Multiple Nuclear Devices
	+ 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.


Sam:    The dollar sign – it's at the center of America's psyche.

Ted:    Yep. Where ta spend money: that's what politics 'z all aboot.

Terri:  Looking at this poem, there is something almost Christian about 
        the way this author talks about 'conscience'.

Kris:   It is quaintly archaic. . . by the time most Americans reach 30, 
        they're conscientious only when convenient.

Tim:    To be conscientious about all issues takes a tremendous amount of energy.

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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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