Haili Blassingame - NPR
A $768 billion defense bill passed the House last week. Where is all this money going? And how could shifting national security concerns impact the future of military spending?
Fredricka Whitfield - CNN
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs interview with Fredricka Whitfield on CNN Newsroom, Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
"Congress must resist the demands of the military-industrial complex, and instead heed calls to invest taxpayer dollars into true human needs."
Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
The Senate committee vote included $10 billion more than requested. "That's $100 billion over 10 years—or half the cost of universal pre-K, which we're told we can't afford," said one critic.
Luke Savage - Jacobin
The Pentagon’s bloated budget is a colossal waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
Ken Silva - Epoch Times
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a report showing how the Pentagon can cut $1 trillion in spending by tweaking its national defense strategy.
Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
"Saving a trillion dollars that could be devoted to preventing pandemics, addressing climate change, or reducing racial and economic injustice is no small matter."
Laurel Briar - The Garden Island
The Climate Crisis is the most-certain and the most-immediate of any of the threats the U.S. faces, including the military.
John Bachtell - People's World
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to block or whittle down a $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill that covers the next ten years because, they say, ...
Rose Aguilar - KALW Public Radio
Since the 9/11 attacks, the US has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression, all in the name of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ report, State of Insecurity: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11.
