Peace Action is thrilled to endorse Junaid Ahmed in Illinois's 8th Congressional district.
"A large part of the DOD’s budget goes towards defense contractors, not national security or readiness. These same defense contractors go on spending sprees at the end of every year, putting billions in taxpayer money to waste." He wants to reduce "the Pentagon budget by 10% by ending wasteful defense contracts and cutting spending on decades-old, obsolete weapons. I also support canceling purchases of additional weapons of war, including bomber jets and additional nuclear weapons and missiles, and ending the Space Force. We also need to end the increasingly-predatory recruitment tactics our military has engaged in by cutting the recruitment budget and permanently banning recruitment from taking place on platforms like Twitch."
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