HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2013-048 Resolution Calling on Congress to Fund Urgently Needed Services and Infrastructure Repair in Orange County and Throughout the United States By Bringing War Dollars Home RES-2013-048 J4 b
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION CALLING ON CONGRESS TO FUND URGENTLY
NEEDED SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR IN ORANGE
COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY BRINGING
WAR DOLLARS HOME
WHEREAS, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have cost the nation over one trillion dollars,
N.C. taxpayers $34 billion and Orange County taxpayers $480 million; and
WHEREAS, 1.6 million residents of North Carolina live in poverty, with a poverty rate of
16.9 percent in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, spending for the wars has diverted money from education, job growth,
access to medical care, low cost housing, infrastructure repair, environmental
protection, and other needs in Orange County and throughout North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, since the nation, North Carolina, and Orange County have suffered layoffs,
cutbacks in services, and delays in repairing and building infrastructure, it is time to
reexamine our spending priorities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners calls upon the United States Congress and President Barack Obama to
bring our war dollars home and use the savings to meet vital human needs, promote
education, rebuild our infrastructure, protect our environment, support job-creating
businesses, and aid our municipal, county and state governments.
This the 18th day of June 2013.
Barry Jacob
Orange County Board of Commissioners