Military spending is 57% of DISCRETIONARY federal budgeting, not of the entire federal budget. Discretionary spending makes up about a third of the budget. Military measures also include many reconstruction, relief, and other humanitarian projects. There also seems to be a surprising lack of solid evidence or planning as to exactly WHAT One Minute For Peace donations go to. Distracting videos of cute animals, pie charts, and misleading statements, apparently.
I attend Quaker meeting and my son loves this video! I do not understand the internet very well, so he had to help me post this comment! I think Rosie is a great representative for peace, as the kids LOVE animal videos and it is succinct enough for every adult to understand the economics!
I like to think of pacifist (for me, peacemaking) as a verb, not a noun of people hiding with bags over their heads holding peace signs. (passive-ists) I can do alot of good work
for the world before I get into debates. As a working parent, there are many other people who have more time to read than I do, but I want to work to make the world better for my children and all of us. Good luck! :> Lisa
A pacifist is someone who lives in a country that values its citizens -- and others in the world. And who thinks that spending enough to have a military establishment/armaments 60 TIMES greater than other countries is a bit -- well, excessive.
Love this video! Of course there are serious problems re: lack of funding for education, health care and social services. And its partially due to funding the military instead of these. Thx for making the msg fun!
When I created this video I thought about using more serious figures, but we were looking for something a little more light hearted than the videos AFSC created in the past.
About 1/2 the videos in this series will have a light tone and the other half will be more serious. Please feel free to let us know if others work better for you than Rosie here did.
I understand what you are trying to convey, but it doesn't work for me. It's much more meaningful to me to hear how many schools could be funded -- here or in other countries.
Military spending is 57% of DISCRETIONARY federal budgeting, not of the entire federal budget. Discretionary spending makes up about a third of the budget. Military measures also include many reconstruction, relief, and other humanitarian projects. There also seems to be a surprising lack of solid evidence or planning as to exactly WHAT One Minute For Peace donations go to. Distracting videos of cute animals, pie charts, and misleading statements, apparently.
HannahRaharu 1 year ago
this is too cute! rosie is a great spokesperson for peace. she's so persuasive!
detroitmunny 2 years ago
I attend Quaker meeting and my son loves this video! I do not understand the internet very well, so he had to help me post this comment! I think Rosie is a great representative for peace, as the kids LOVE animal videos and it is succinct enough for every adult to understand the economics!
raoulutube 2 years ago
Rachel,
I like to think of pacifist (for me, peacemaking) as a verb, not a noun of people hiding with bags over their heads holding peace signs. (passive-ists) I can do alot of good work
for the world before I get into debates. As a working parent, there are many other people who have more time to read than I do, but I want to work to make the world better for my children and all of us. Good luck! :> Lisa
folkbabedetroit 2 years ago
A pacifist is someone who lives in a country that values its citizens -- and others in the world. And who thinks that spending enough to have a military establishment/armaments 60 TIMES greater than other countries is a bit -- well, excessive.
mmay1918 2 years ago
Having a weak army did not work for Belgium, Holland, Poland or Kuwait.
A pacifist is someone who lives in a country with a huge army to protect them.
rachelgolem 2 years ago
Love this video! Of course there are serious problems re: lack of funding for education, health care and social services. And its partially due to funding the military instead of these. Thx for making the msg fun!
PopoShirley 2 years ago
When I created this video I thought about using more serious figures, but we were looking for something a little more light hearted than the videos AFSC created in the past.
About 1/2 the videos in this series will have a light tone and the other half will be more serious. Please feel free to let us know if others work better for you than Rosie here did.
Aaron Crosman
American Friends Service Committee
acrosman 2 years ago
I understand what you are trying to convey, but it doesn't work for me. It's much more meaningful to me to hear how many schools could be funded -- here or in other countries.
Peter Parks, Jobs with Justice
Portland, Oregon
82068ilwulocal8 2 years ago