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Hi, I'm Ben Cohen, Co-Founder of Ben and Jerry's. Welcome to my YouTube page. My personal mission is to change the federal budget priorities of our nation. Currently we are spending more then half of our discretionery budget on the Pentagon alone, while each year crucial social programs like healthcare and education go underfunded year after year.

I think it is about time our nation stops spending money on obsolete weapons systems and maintaining an ridiculously large nuclear stockpiles and invest that money in the children and future our nation. Over 9 million children are unisured in this nation. In education, our students rank 14th in world in math and sciences. We consume oil and our natural resources without any regard for the future. We stand idly by while millions of children go hungry each year.

A group of prominent military advisors has shown us how to eliminate $60 Billion from the Pentagon budget and still maintain strong defensive military. By eliminating the waste we can invest the saving into social programs that reflect the values of our nation without raising taxes one dime.