Outrageous: Congress to approve military spending, while Build Back Better Act languishes (please read)

Friend, [sign the petition to Congress and President Biden: Money for people before the Pentagon. Pass the Build Back Better Act.]( [Sign the petition]( The Build Back Better Act would fight climate change, cut child poverty, expand health care access and more. It is stalled in the Senate because politicians complain about the price tag. Meanwhile, President Biden [will ask Congress]( to fund next year's military budget to the tune of over $770 billion. The budget would benefit the biggest U.S. defense contractors, including Lockheed, Northrop Grumman Corp and General Dynamics Corp. And this is more than what Donald Trump asked for. Just for one year. $770 billion for one year is more than what the Build Back Better Act—which is fully paid for by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share—would spend. The largest part of the BBBA legislation is its climate component, which is $500 billion over a ten-year period. [Sign the petition: People before the Pentagon. Pass the Build Back Better Act.]( [Sign the petition]( The Build Back Better Act will directly help peoples' lives: affordable prescription drugs, expanded Medicare access, child care so that women and caregivers can re-enter the workforce, the child tax credit, universal pre-kindergarten, money for housing. Not to mention the efforts to fight climate change that will only become more expensive if we fail to act now. Now is the time to get angry and indignant. Why is Congress so willing to throw money at defense contractors to fund war abroad while ignoring our needs at home? [Click to AUTOMATICALLY sign the petition to President Biden and Congress: Money for the people before the Pentagon. Pass the Build Back Better Act now.]( [Click to AUTOMATICALLY sign the petition]( Our message to President Biden and Congress: I am outraged that the military is about to have its largest budget approved, while the Build Back Better Act—which will pay for itself—languishes in the Senate. By signing this petition you will receive periodic updates on offers and activism opportunities from Daily Kos. You may unsubscribe at any time. Here's our [privacy policy](. Keep fighting, Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You We don't have billionaire backers like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting? [Chip in $5]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.