Krys Boyd - KERA Public Radio for North Texas
How does the government spend your income tax dollars and how are budgetary decisions made at the federal level anyway? We’ll find out this hour with Mattea Kramer, senior research analyst for the National Priorities Project which breaks down the budget process and where your tax dollars go just in ...
Max Obuszewski - The Baltimore Sun
On April 17, I will be protesting war taxes at Baltimore's main post office. I realize that taxes fund many good programs — education, environment and diplomacy. But sadly when 57 percent of the federal budget goes to the Pentagon, the government's priorities are out of touch with the pressing ...
Jo Comerford - Huffington Post
"If we had a trillion dollars," dream the youth of Bresee Community Center in Los Angeles, "we would buy materials to build homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, skate parks and soccer fields."
None - News Review
April 17 is income tax day. What the heck does that money buy? The chart above shows how the federal government spends its tax revenues, as broken down per dollar, according to the National Priorities Project. The NPP is a self-described “national non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to making complex ...
Lawrence S. Wittner - History News Network
Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case.
Cedra Mayfield - WLNS
A local push for a change in federal tax spending. A local forum addressed concerns about the way your tax dollars are being spent on the national level. The gathering was at Lansing's Central United Methodist Church. It focused on ways to change federal spending to help people struggling here ...
Rachel Thomas - NBC, News 10, WILX.com
Citizens from across the state joined national and local leaders in a forum focussed on the federal budgetand how it's affecting people in Michigan.
- Press TV
Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.
Brian P. Moore - Tampa Tribune's Hernando Today
Re: Nugent's opposition to $2.4 billion train funding is same amount the 5th District has spent on war. "Locals react to rail plan rejection" by Michael D. Bates, Hernando Today , Feb. 19.
- Antiwar Radio
Chris Hellman, Communications and Budget Analyst for the National Priorities Project, discusses the $1.2 trillion national security budget; how government secrecy and over-classification of documents hides wasteful programs and prevents Congressional oversight; huge projected increases in health care and pensions for veterans and retired military; and the bloated Homeland Security, ...
