This is but one example of the failure of the Legislature to serve our Constitutional Republic, for those opposed to funding any nation states engaged in wars are unethically and immorally being extorted to fund it under threat of losing our property, or even worse, our freedom.
Conscientious Objection is honored for those with strong religious convictions against all forms of violence to be conscripted to serve as soldiers in war, but citizens have not been granted C.O. status as a religious right by way of our tax dollars. Not only is that a violation of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (which was signed and ratified making it a part of the Supreme Law of the Land as set forth by our Constitution), but it would help fund an ancillary arm - The Department of Peace, to apply temperance to the excesses of industry that are profiting off of bloodshed and contributing to war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
This would also in turn, inform the government of the will of their constituents, if/when a majority of Americans are opposed to their spending in relation to a permanent war economy.
Veteran’s for Peace are the best suited to a role in governmental cooperation and coordination to restore peace as security, as their wartime experiences bring value to solving problems through diplomacy, wherever possible.
That is addressed in this proposal:
“Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”