Lindsay Koshgarian

Lindsay Koshgarian

Lindsay Koshgarian is the Program Director of the National Priorities Project, where she oversees NationalPriorities.org. Lindsay’s work on the federal budget includes analysis of the federal budget process and politics, military spending, and specifically how federal budget choices for different spending priorities and taxation interact. A particular area of focus is how a decades-long policy of outsized military budgets has eroded political will to invest in opportunity and human potential through greater federal support of education, health care, infrastructure and more.

Prior to joining NPP in 2014, Lindsay was a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, where she conducted state and regional economic development studies. She got her start as an organizer for Planned Parenthood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She holds a Master of Public Policy from UCLA and a BA in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Americans Overwhelmingly Support Cutting the Pentagon to Support Our Real Needs

Lindsay Koshgarian | July 21, 2020

To cut 10 percent of the Pentagon budget, let’s end our Middle East wars, reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, and turn off the spigot to arms contractors.

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Ten Better Uses for Ten Percent of the Pentagon Budget

Lindsay Koshgarian, Ashik Siddique | July 20, 2020

Military spending is at historically high levels, and increasing under Trump. A ten percent cut is an overdue correction to the bloated Pentagon budget.

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Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health

Lindsay Koshgarian | July 14, 2020

Tanks and ships can’t save us from our greatest dangers, so let’s pay for the things that can.

Report: No Warming, No War

Lindsay Koshgarian, Lorah Steichen | April 14, 2020

In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.

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Remember Trump’s Choices: War, Walls, and Wall Street

Lindsay Koshgarian, Shailly Gupta Barnes | March 3, 2020

There are few clearer ways to see an administration’s choices than its budget. Here’s what we found in the president’s.

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Trump’s 2021 Budget Cuts Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Increases Foreign Military Aid

Lindsay Koshgarian | February 14, 2020

The president’s 2021 budget aims to cut funding for an already struggling State Department by $1.5 billion, and slash humanitarian aid by nearly 40 percent.

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Trump’s 2021 Budget Is Not Only Immoral — It’s Also Unaffordable

Lindsay Koshgarian | February 11, 2020

Progressive proposals are always met with affordability questions. Those same questions must be put to conservatives, starting with Trump’s 2021 budget.

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Trump’s 2021 Budget Gives 55 Percent to the Military

Lindsay Koshgarian | February 10, 2020

Congress won’t pass the president’s 2021 budget proposal as is, but it’s clear Trump wants to boost military spending while divesting from everything else.

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Yes, We Really Can Cut the Pentagon to Pay for Medicare for All

Lindsay Koshgarian | January 15, 2020

Moderators at the Democratic debate asked if Medicare for All would bankrupt the country, but failed to ask about the cost of the last two decades of war.

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As We Work to Prevent War With Iran, It’s Time to End All Our Wars

Lindsay Koshgarian | January 10, 2020

The military budget for 2021 must involve a tougher negotiation that results in real changes to Pentagon and presidential war powers.

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We Can’t Afford Another War

Lindsay Koshgarian | January 8, 2020

The United States spent over 800 billion dollars on the war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.

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Call Congress: No War With Iran

Lindsay Koshgarian | January 3, 2020

The military action to kill Iranian Major General Qassim Suleimani was dangerous, illegal and possibly untruthful.

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Medicare for All or Endless War? It’s Our Choice.

Lindsay Koshgarian | November 20, 2019

We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.

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Cutting Military Spending and the ‘How Will You Pay For It’ Mythos

Lindsay Koshgarian | November 5, 2019

Cutting military spending would allow policymakers to prioritize programs like Medicare for all that improve the lives of average Americans. Here’s how we get there.

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Financing Medicare for All Isn’t All That Complicated

Lindsay Koshgarian | October 22, 2019

Paying for Medicare for All without raising taxes is possible if we commit to slashing military spending and Pentagon waste.

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How to Fund ‘Medicare for All’: Slash the Military

Lindsay Koshgarian | October 17, 2019

We’ve identified more than $300 billion in annual military savings alone that we could better invest in priorities like Medicare for All.

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Remembering Frances Crowe

Lindsay Koshgarian | September 1, 2019

Frances Crowe dedicated her life to peace. We asked a few experts and activists who knew her to share stories about her impact.

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The Bipartisan $738 Billion Military Budget Deal

Lindsay Koshgarian | August 9, 2019

America needs to cut military spending and reinvest that money into good jobs, clean energy, health care, and education access for all.

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Why Did Democrats Pass Trump’s 2-Year Budget and Debt Ceiling Bill?

Lindsay Koshgarian | July 26, 2019

On Thursday the House passed a massive $2.7 trillion budget and debt ceiling bill with overwhelming support from Democrats and only 65 Republican votes.

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Ten Good Things About the House’s (Too-Big) Military Budget

Lindsay Koshgarian | July 18, 2019

While the funding level is much higher than we need, the NDAA the House just passed takes important steps toward ending wars, preventing dangerous military conflicts, and protecting human rights.