Stephanie Savell - Foreign Policy in Focus
First, the economic costs: According to estimates by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the war on terror has cost Americans a staggering $5.6 trillion since 2001, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan.
William Hartung - HuffPost
Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage.
William Hartung - TomDispatch
Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage. Imagine as well that the White House and a majority of the politicians in Washington, no ...
Lindsay Koshgarian - US News and World Report
Trump's budget proposal has something to hurt almost everyone, but it's a perfect storm for the poor.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Fortune
It’s a shame that the president and Congress aren’t willing to make these simple choices to fund real infrastructure investments. It’s probably a fantasy that private investors will step up to the tune of well over $1 trillion to make all of our lives better. And even in the cases ...
Lindsay Koshgarian - US News and World Report
All of this talk – and money – points in one direction. There's a likely ending to all this military bluster and buildup, and it's one that goes boom.
Branko Marcetic - Jacobin
Researchers have discovered trillions of dollars in unexplained military spending. We might never find out where it went.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Fortune
The Trump administration moved recently to allow states to require “proof of work” for Medicaid recipients. The idea is punitive and counter-productive—not to mention hypocritical.
Rising Up With Sonali - Rising Up With Sonali
The work requirements fulfill a long-term Republican ideal of making poor Americans jump through many hoops, suffer undignified scrutiny, and be forced to work in a stagnant economy in order to be part of a tax-payer funded social safety net.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
The passage of the most sweeping and disastrous tax plan in a generation is not just a defeat, it is a call to action for 2018.
