March 31, 2026
Costs of Trump’s War with Iran
Pacifica Network highlights IPS's analysis regarding estimated Iran war costs and what that money could and should be used to fund instead.
A news update from Pacifica Network highlights IPS’s analysis regarding estimated Iran war costs and what that money could and should be used to fund instead.
“It should be clear: funding this unjust, unpopular, and illegal war comes directly at the expense of ordinary Americans,” the IPS analysis explains. “Less than a year after the passage of Trump’s signature ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which made deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — and right in the middle of an affordability crisis — this is the last thing the country needs. That same bill added $150 billion for the Pentagon, pushing the Pentagon budget over $1 trillion for the first time since World War II — and directly enabling the war on Iran.”
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