
Seven Things We Could Do If We Cut the Pentagon by $100 Billion
We could fund programs that meet real human needs for basics like housing, food, education, and child care.
We could fund programs that meet real human needs for basics like housing, food, education, and child care.
With a full vote for this year’s NDAA expected in July, it is not too late to turn the tide. It is time to say no to nuclear weapons.
U.S. actions are raising tensions with Russia rather than resolving them.
While the U.S. sends quick weapons shipments and maneuvers troops, other urgent problems go unsolved.
Democrats are slashing the Build Back Better bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion over ten years. Meanwhile, Pentagon contractors have received $3.4 trillion over the past decade.
If Congress doesn’t crack down on military contractor pay, the White House should.
The U.S. accounts for 39 percent of global military spending. That’s more than the next eleven countries combined.
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Biden’s recent Pentagon budget proposal would increase Pentagon and war spending from $740 billion in FY2021 to $753 billion in FY2022.
U.S. bombs hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, leaving at least 22 dead.