Analysis - /analysis/2010/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - With all eyes on our nation's budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal spendin...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/24/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - WASHINGTON - August 24 - With all eyes on our nation's budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal sp...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/can-we-afford-to-be-the-bank-of-afghanistan-r-us-i/
May 31, 2010 - World Map, showing Failed States according to ...Image via Wikipedia
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/17/tough-budget-choices-non-security-discretionary-pr/
May 17, 2010 - ...education, housing, the environment, energy, and science. The Obama administration has requested almost $1.3 trillion in discretionary spending for the 2011 fiscal year, which begins in October. As in...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/12/victory-in-afghanistan-a-fools-dream/
May 12, 2010 - ongress is being asked to vote on another appropriations bill for billions more dollars to fund military operations in Afghanistan despite reservations among many members about the corrupt regime of A...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/11/flushing-more-money-down-the-afghan-toilet/
May 11, 2010 - Isn't it time to call what Congress will soon vote on by its right name: war escalation funding?
Analysis - /analysis/2010/charts-update-april-26-2010/
April 26, 2010 - National Priorities Project has updated its Federal Budget 101: Budget Charts with data from the FY2011 budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/22/guns-vs-butter-2010/
April 22, 2010 - See if you can identify the bleeding heart liberal who said this:
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/15/where-your-tax-dollars-went/
April 15, 2010 - Where your tax dollars went
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/small-city-mayor-takes-on-the-pentagon/
April 12, 2010 - ...education in 2009 represented a drop from 2008, a loss of a penny on every tax dollar. There's no way, of course, that Mayor Ryan's dream of free, quality education from kindergarten to college is lik...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/11/war-taxing-america/
April 11, 2010 - Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is sick and tired of watching people in local communities "squabble over crumbs," as he puts it, while so much local money pours into the Pentagon's coffe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/01/where-did-your-2009-federal-income-tax-dollars-go/
April 1, 2010 - NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - April 1 - As April 15, 2010 approaches, taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent each of their 2009 federal income tax dollars. In its annual release, Where di...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/09/hellman-describes-process-priorities-of-national-b/
March 9, 2010 - Chris Hellman, the director of the National Priorities Project, visited Elon's campus Tuesday night to discuss the distribution of federal funds, particularly to the military, which traditionally has ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/01/is-military-keynesianism-the-solution/
March 1, 2010 - The United States is currently preparing to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan by summer 2010. Military contractors, deeply integrated into the U.S. economy, will continue to prosper and pro...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/21/national-priorities-project-helps-consumers-grasp-/
Feb. 21, 2010 - ...education; moving away from fossil fuel-based energy sources and toward efforts in energy conservation; and working to reduce the national long-term debt. Communications liaison Chris Hellman said the...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/the-presidents-budget-fy2011/
Feb. 8, 2010 - This publication reviews Presidential budget requests spanning fiscal years 2008 to 2012 which include requested spending authorities from the final Bush budget to the Obama administration's projected...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/03/18/five-years-of-war-billions-squandered-opportunitie/
March 18, 2008 - ...debt interest and other costs that could ultimately total $3-$5 trillion. These costs are so large as to become incomprehensible. The National Priorities Project (NPP) brings current spending numbers ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/13/how-uncle-sam-spends-your-tax-money/
April 13, 2007 - ...debt. Of the $2.7 trillion federal tax coffers, about 20% goes to military spending, 20% to Social Security payments, and 15% to Medicare for the elderly and disabled. An additional 35% funds educatio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/bush-congress-tackle-shifts-in-spending/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...education and child care, according to the National Priorities Project. In some cases, funds would be shifted from one domestic program to another. Increased education spending for schools in low-inco...
Analysis - /analysis/2005/impact-of-presidents-budget-proposal-on-states/
Feb. 8, 2005 - On Monday, February 7, 2005, the Bush Administration sent to Congress its budget request for fiscal year 2006. Under the proposed budget, discretionary spending would increase overall
