After months of campaign ads, debates, and political back-and-forth, voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whom to send to Washington. But in a pair of little-noticed, nonbinding ballot questions, some Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to tell the newly elected officials what they would like them to do when they get to Capitol Hill.
In much of Greater Boston, voters will consider an antiausterity measure that would call on elected officials to prevent cuts to social insurance programs by instead reducing military spending and raising taxes on the wealthy.
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Section 8s should not be eliminated but they should be monitored. Once you get one, you have it for life no matter the change in circumstances? That's what happens. Rents became sky high because section 8 paid the highest rent possible for sub-par apartments. How about helping people with their rent but not paying 90%??????
Double check your facts.
Military budget for 2010: 663.84 billion
Coast of Iraq and Afghan wars as of June 2011: 3.7 trillion.
Military installations we have all around the world. Look it up.
Then they squawk about the cost of medicare, medicaid. social security.
Then there is the black budget. No one knows what that costs.
We got plenty of money to take care of our people except it is
mostly spent in the wrong direction.