Number
241660
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, BAUMAN, MOORE, AND BURGELIS
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the City of Milwaukee’s position on U.S. nuclear disarmament.
Analysis
This resolution urges the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President to pursue policies of nuclear disarmament.
Body
Whereas, Nine nations collectively have approximately 12,000 nuclear weapons in their arsenals, most of which are far more destructive than those that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945; and
Whereas, The detonation of even a small number of these weapons could have catastrophic human and environmental consequences that could affect everyone on the planet; and
Whereas, The United States continues to reserve the right to use nuclear weapons first, which reduces the threshold for nuclear use and makes a nuclear war more likely; and
Whereas, The U.S. President has the sole and unchecked authority to order the use of nuclear weapons; and
Whereas, The United States maintains several hundred nuclear missiles in underground silos and on submarines on hair-trigger alert, capable of being launched within minutes after a presidential order, which greatly increases the risk of an accidental, mistaken or unauthorized launch; and
Whereas, Over the next 30 years, the United States plans to spend an estimated $1.7 trillion to replace its entire nuclear arsenal and the bombers, missiles and submarines that deliver them, with more enhanced versions; and
Whereas, Taxpayers spend over $2 million every hour of every day to maintain the U.S. nuclear arsenal; and
Whereas, Milwaukee residents (based on their per capita income) paid $108 million in federal income tax dollars for the US nuclear weapon programs in fiscal year 2024 (tax year 2023); and
Whereas, Federal funds are desperately needed in Milwaukee for health care, affordable housing, education, food security and development of sustainable energy...
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