A PEOPLE'S BUDGET FOR PEACE

How would you spend £15 billion of public money in the next 5 years ?

Scotland's for Peace Gathering Saturday 25 October 2008, 12 noon George Square, Glasgow A5 leaflet (pdf)

A Budget for Peace not War Government spending on Britain's nuclear weapon system and on overseas war is escalating year on year - Next year we will be spending £2 billion a year on Trident - almost twice as much as 5 years ago - And we spend at least another £2 billion a year conducting the disastrous and unwinnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. - Most Scots think the money should be spent instead on tackling poverty and climate change. - Scotland's share of that money would be £340 million a year - enouth to support at least 10,000 new public service jobs. How would YOU spend the money ? - Would you use it to launch a major housebuilding programme to provide affordable housing for homeless and inadequately housed families ? - Would you use it to increase spending on health and education and create thousands of new public sector jobs ? - Would you increase spending on health and education and to create a ground breaking rewable energy industry in Scotland ? - Would you use it to increase overseas aid and debt relief to tackle poverty across the wor.d ? What you can do - Come along to the rally in George Square, Glasgow on Saturday 25 October and tell us how you would spend the money. - Ask your MP and MSP to vote against Trident replacement and for British withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan .