Cameron Norsworthy - Romper
Volatile international relations between the United States and other nations have brought the possibility of war to the forefront of public discussion.
Lisa Wade, PhD - Sociological Images
More than 80% of the US federal government’s budget comes from payroll and income taxes. The National Priorities Project is dedicated to helping Americans understand how that money is spent. Here’s the data for 2016:
Sam Becker - Huffington Post
Federal government spending is closing in on $4 trillion a year. Even though a new administration is promising a wave of change, it’s still going to require a lot of money to keep the country running.
Robert Schroeder - MarketWatch
More than half of every dollar went to health care, military last year
Lindsay Koshgarian - truthout
Among the marches, petitions and call-in campaigns that comprise much of the Trump resistance movement, one resistance tactic gets little attention: withholding taxes.
Patrick Garvin - Boston Globe
For most taxpayers, Tuesday’s deadline for filing 2016 returns wasn’t all that stressful, despite the ridiculously complicated process that elected officials have for decades promised to simplify.
Frida Berrigan - truthout
Tax resistance, it seems, is having a moment.
Phyllis Bennis and Stephen Miles - The Nation
As Martin Luther King Jr. noted 50 years ago, you can’t fight militarism unless you also fight racism and materialism.
Casey Given - Rare
Last week, the Trump administration released their “skinny budget,” outlining the president’s ideal levels of discretionary spending for federal agencies.
Judy Stone - Forbes
In my last post, I focused on research funding and how Trump’s plans would decimate education, research and scientific innovation for decades to come, all for his shiny military toys and the enrichment of his cronies. This post will examine some of what else we will lose by the ill-considered choices of Trump ...
