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April 26, 2017
New Prices
Effective
April 1, 2017
O PINION
Martin
Cleaning
Service
Carpet & Upholstery
Cleaning
Residential &
Commercial Services
Minimum Service CHG.
$50.00
A small distance/travel
charge may be applied
CARPET CLEANING
2 Cleaning Areas or more
$30.00 each Area
Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: 1 small Hallway)
1 Cleaning Area (only)
$50.00
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway Extra)
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
Other Services) : $30.00
Area/Oriental Rugs:
$25.00 Minimum
Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool) :
$40.00 Minimum
Heavily Soiled Area:
$10.00 each area
(Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying)
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
Sectional: $109 - $139
Chair or Recliner:
$25.00 - $49.00
Throw Pillows (With
Other Services) : $5.00
ADDITIONAL
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• Deodorizing & Pet
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• Spot & Stain
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• Scotchguard Protection
• Minor Water Damage
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Taxes to Fund Disastrous Nuclear Weapons
Change will
not happen
on its own
Jim Wallis has said, “Budgets are
moral documents.”
Each year Physicians for Social
Responsibility Los Angeles calcu-
lates how much money the United
States spends on nuclear weapons
programs for the current tax year.
by r obert f. d odge , M.d.
The Nuclear Weapons
“Don’t tell me what
Community Costs Proj-
you value. Show me your
ect has identified that for
budget and I’ll tell you
tax year 2016 the United
what you value,” said
States spent $57.6 billion
former Vice President Joe
on nuclear weapons pro-
Biden, quoting his father.
grams.
He knew that a federal
California contributed
budget reflected the val-
more than $7 billion to
ues and priorities of our nation.
Each April our country funds its this amount while Los Angeles
priorities. Ultimately, as the Rev. County sent approximately $1.8
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billion to the federal coffers to
fund weapons that can never be
used. In Flint, Mich., where we
have allowed our children to be
poisoned by lead in their drinking
water, $9 million was spent. In the
nation’s poorest county, Buffalo
County, South Dakota, they spent
more than $142,000 on nuclear
weapons.
Every dollar spent on nuclear
weapons is a dollar taken from
programs that support the health
and well being of our country, our
communities, and our loved ones.
These are critical funds that we
can never get back.
The Trump Administration is
proposing a dramatic increase in
the budget for nuclear weapons
while simultaneously proposing
a dramatic decrease for social and
environmental programs. This is
in addition to the nuclear grand
bargain of the Obama administra-
tion’s proposed buildup of our nu-
clear arsenal to the tune of $1 tril-
lion over the next three decades.
This is the opening salvo as other
countries follow suit in this new
nuclear arms race.
Having grown weary of our ac-
tions and failure to meet our legal-
ly binding commitment to work in
good faith toward the abolition of
nuclear weapons, the non-nucle-
ar nations are refusing to be held
hostage by the nuclear states any
longer. Taking their future into
their own hands the vast majori-
ty of the non-nuclear nations will
complete negotiations at the Unit-
ed Nations this July on an interna-
tional nuclear ban treaty that will
outlaw nuclear weapons just as all
other weapons of mass destruction
have been banned. This will leave
the United States and other nucle-
ar nations once again in breach of
international law.
Fortunately, a world under
constant threat of nuclear apoca-
lypse either by intent or accident
is not the future that has to be. But
change will not happen on its own.
Each of us has a role to play.
Ultimately it will take the peo-
ple of the United States to awaken
from our trance and join the rest
of the world in demanding that
our leaders work to abolish nucle-
ar weapons and to redirect these
expenditures to secure a future for
our children and address the real
needs of our country. The time for
action is now.
Contact your representatives at
usa.gov/elected-officials
Robert F. Dodge, M.D., is
a practicing family physician,
writes for PeaceVoice, and serves
on the boards of the Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation, Beyond War,
Physicians for Social Responsibil-
ity Los Angeles, and Citizens for
Peaceful Resolutions.