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VA <br />A RESOLUTION TO SHOW.THR SUPPORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR A REPRIORITISATION OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET <br />WHEREAS, dramatic improvements in global relations have lessened the need for <br />United States military expenditures to continue at present levels; and <br />WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County and the rest of the United States are <br />in need of improvements in programs which provide education, housing, and medical <br />care to the public; and <br />WHEREAS, grants -in -aid to state. and local governments have declined dramatically <br />as evidenced by the 44 percent reduction in real dollars between fiscal 1980 and <br />1991; and <br />WHEREAS, the United States is currently burdened by a crushing national debt <br />which consumes over twenty -five percent of the federal tax dollar in interest <br />payments alone; and <br />WHEREAS, the elimination of the national debt and the provision of more human <br />services should be the federal government's priorities; and <br />WHEREAS, neither of the aforementioned goals can be achieved without the federal <br />government reducing its military expenditures; and <br />WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties adopted a resolution on July 16, <br />1991, supporting "reductions in defense spending to a level commensurate with <br />improved global relations" and urging that "shifts in federal spending be <br />allocated to deficit reduction and restoration of funding for critical domestic <br />priorities "; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS that: <br />1. The federal government should reexamine its military expenditures toward <br />the end of guaranteeing that all such expenditures are necessary to meet <br />the threats now offered by other nations and that any unnecessary military <br />spending be eliminated. <br />2. The federal government should assure that any savings derived from cuts <br />in military spending be directed toward retiring the national debt and <br />funding such domestic programs as education, environmental protection, <br />infrastructure, housing, health care, social services, transportation, <br />employment and job training, as well as assisting those industries, workers <br />and communities most affected by military spending reductions. <br />3. Copies of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United <br />States and our congressmen. <br />IN WITNESS THEREOF, this 19th day of November, 1991. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Board of Commissioners <br />