Jonathan Tasini - Working Life Podcast
Ashik Siddique, research analyst at the National Priorities Project, talks about where the Pentagon could be cut—and how the slashing could go far, far deeper.
Savannah Wooten - The National Interest
The U.S. government’s refusal to prepare for the coronavirus is exposing the sham of American “exceptionalism” in real-time.
Meg Gio - Medium
US war profiteering is taking taxpayer dollars away from critical domestic social services.
Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis - CNN
Whenever we demand what we know is necessary for all people to thrive, politicians who have accommodated themselves to America's inequality ask, "But how would we pay for it?" The Poor People's Campaign worked with some of the nation's best economists to find the money.
Rev. Liz Theoharis - Open Democracy
To create real security, we must slash the Pentagon budget and invest in meeting everyone’s basic human needs.
Bryan Bender - Politico
Lee’s nonbinding resolution calls for reductions of up to $350 billion in the defense budget and recommends, among other options, winding down long-running wars and shuttering 60 percent of overseas bases to save money.
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
"Redundant nuclear weapons, off-books spending accounts, and endless wars in the Middle East don't keep us safe."
James Hohmann - The Washington Post
Lindsay Koshgarian, director of NPP, said the 1033 program has been “terribly ill-advised” because it has incentivized using military-style equipment for law enforcement functions that don’t benefit from having it. “Police departments can ask for almost any piece of military equipment and get it with little scrutiny,” she said.
Bryan Bender - Politico
“At a minimum,” the defense budget should be reduced “by cutting war spending and unnecessary weapons and service contracts,” says Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project.
Vijay Prashad - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Greg Speeter, the founder of the Northampton-based National Priorities Project, used to say that the values of a society should not be judged based on its Constitution; the values are clarified by the way it spends its tax dollars.
