Congress faces growing pressure to direct more resources toward urgent domestic and global crises, rather than continuing endless wars.
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Category: Military Budget
Almost Two-Thirds of U.S. Discretionary Spending Is Militarized
U.S. military spending, traditionally defined, was $730 billion in 2019. Studies … easily arrive at estimates approaching or exceeding $1 trillion per year.
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The Pentagon Budget Is Out of Control
| Mandy Smithberger, The Nation | At $1.21 trillion, the actual national security budget is nearly twice the size that was announced by the White House.
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United States Budgetary Costs and Obligations of Post-9/11 Wars
Since late 2001, the United States has appropriated an estimated $6.4 Trillion through Fiscal Year 2020 in budgetary costs related to post-9/11 wars …
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Five Reasons To Cut Pentagon Spending In the Era of COVID-19
Forbes — Even before the global crisis provoked by COVID-19, there were solid reasons to believe that the United States could be made safer at lower levels of Pentagon spending …
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Lee, Pocan Lead 29 Dems Demanding Defense Spending Decrease …
05.19.20 Washington, D.C. – Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) led a group of 29 Democrats demanding that this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorize a level of […]
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Poor People’s Moral Budget: Everybody Has the Right to Live
In the seven sections of the Moral Budget, we look at policies and investments for seven critical areas of the Poor People’s Moral Agenda …
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Move the Money — NYC
We are a coalition of over 50 New York City organizations — labor, peace, community, lay, civil rights, tenants — who have come together to urge passage of NYC Council Resolution, 747A.
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