US Defense and Education Spending Graphs
See a graph below compiled by Ted Auch showing Defense and Education spening as ratios of US gross domestic product.
See the graph in large format at bottom or by clicking on the graph.
Petitions
Vermonters say Stop the F-35!
We demand that Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Peter Welch and Governor Peter Shumlin halt plans to station the F-35 stealth bombers at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington.
The F-35, among many reasons to oppose it, is super loud, will be harmful to our communities, schools and property values, is a record-setting waste of money when we need real jobs programs, and is an aggressive instrument of war.
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Short Factsheet
Vermont Says No to the F35: Here is Why
We can stop the Pentagon’s plan to base F35 fighter bombers at the Burlington International
Airport. The whole F35 project should be canceled. Here is why.
Welcome to StoptheF35.com!
It was recently announced by the US Air Force that Burlington International Airport is now a top choice for the basing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter despite the fact the an Environmental Impact Study has yet to be completed. BIA is the preferred location for the F-35 in part because our pristine air quality will allow the USAF (via the VTANG) to produce a large amount of pollution without requiring any mitigation. Given that the F-35 burns Benzene (a class A carcinogen) at a much higher rate than the F-16, this is a very important factor.