Thomas Kaplan - The New York Times
The Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank, released the Poor People’s Moral Budget, a lengthy collection of policy proposals intended to help establish a “moral economy.” The proposals included reducing military spending by nearly half and increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy people.
Sarah Anderson - MarketWatch
10 ways that doing the right thing would save us money
Sarah Lazare - In These Times
"House Progressives tried to tie funding for bold social programs to the military budget, dollar for dollar. That’s timid and wrongheaded."
Branko Marcetic - Jacobin
AN INTERVIEW WITHLINDSAY KOSHGARIAN The United States is spending $750 billion on its war machine. That money should be going to food, education, health care, and shelter for working people.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Otherwords
Lockheed Martin's CEO took home $20 million while enlisted soldiers got just $20,000. Why? Because corporations have hijacked the military.
Reverend William Barber, Dr. Liz Theoharis and Lindsay Koshgarian - The Guardian
A budget shows our values more clearly than any tweet, campaign speech, or political slogan.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
With this week’s budget release, the administration provided a fuller picture of its anti-government, pro-military vision for the U.S. The long list of cuts targets programs for the poor, middle-income Americans, the environment and peacekeeping.
Marc Steiner - The Real News
Preparing for war with largest peacetime military budget paid for with devastating cuts to the poor, ending environmental regulation, destroying retirement and healthcare. Do divided Democrats have an answer? Lindsay Koshgarian of IPS analyzes the proposal
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
The budget request President Trump released on Monday represents a conservative vision taken to the extreme. It would shoot military spending skyward while dismantling domestic programs piece by piece, with few exceptions.
Rising Up with Sonali - Rising Up with Sonali
FEATURING LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN – The Trump administration on Monday has released its 2020 budget – to the tune of a record $4.75 trillion. The budget will be the largest in history and includes a massive increase in border spending for Trump’s wall, a boost to military spending, and harsh slashes ...
