Robin Claremont - Bill Moyers & Company
Millions of Americans file their federal income tax returns on April 15 each year with no idea what the government actually does with all that money.
Jay Cassano - Fast Co.Exist
For the cost of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile program, we can hire 4,784 elementary school teachers for one year. Use this tool to find out where your tax dollars are going and how they might be better spent.
Timothy R. Homan - The Fiscal Times
Sequester savings are being clawed back--and defense contractors are having a party.
Host: Warren Olney - KCRW Los Angeles Public Radio
Last year's rare, bi-partisan deals on spending limits and extending the debt ceiling eliminated threats of pushing the country over a "fiscal cliff." But this year's budget debate will be more interesting, rather than less. Both parties will have to reveal their priorities, at the risk of revealing internal divisions ...
Jo Comerford - Huffington Post
Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Michael Densch - CNN Opinion
(CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has fired a shot across the bow of business-as-usual at the Pentagon by announcing significant cuts in the U.S. Army.