Blog - /blog/2012/11/21/fight-future-how-budget-talks-affect-young-people/
Nov. 21, 2012 - You’ve heard the term “fiscal cliff” and you’ve heard about how lawmakers in Washington can’t agree on spending or taxes. But here’s what you may not have heard: Th...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/fight-future-introduction/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...war in Afghanistan. However, the US is failing to rise to the challenge of this new economy. In this report, Young Invincibles and National Priorities Project analyze three key investments relate...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/executive-summary/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...war in Afghanistan than on education. As states made deep cuts to education funding in recent years, federal education funding barely held steady, and the nation’s young adults fell from 1st to ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/10/17/big-sticks-cost-money/
Oct. 17, 2012 - ...War Two isolationism. That could lead to more Middle East conflict and defense spending. It’s also just as risky as President Barack Obama’s stance.
Blog - /blog/2012/09/12/voter-guide-democrats-federal-budget/
Sept. 12, 2012 - Last week, on the heels of the Republican convention, my colleague Chris Hellman wrote here about the Republican Party platform and its implications for the federal budget. With the Democratic convent...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-military-spending/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Is the military budget getting bigger or getting cut? This one-pager covers the hotly-debated status of military spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/09/07/fact-checking-obamas-speech/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...wars that have cost us thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars…” The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost more than $1.37 trillion, according to the National Priorities Project....
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/29/two-choices-before-us/
May 29, 2012 - CROSSVILLE — This week started off with two historic commemorations—a religious event that turned political, and a political event that turned religious.
Blog - /blog/2012/05/24/veterans-and-cost-war/
May 25, 2012 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have focused on the tax dollars expended related to the conduct of these wars, and offered comparisons to funding for other government programs to demonstrate the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/24/us-defense-cuts-hit-home-at-ohio-tank-plant/
May 24, 2012 - Jeff Bingman
Blog - /blog/2012/05/22/accounting-war/
May 23, 2012 - ...Afghanistan by the end of 2014.Yet the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/on-the-war-path-the-nearly-1-trillion-national-sec/
May 22, 2012 - Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/just-how-much-does-washington-spend-on-national-se/
May 22, 2012 - The Pentagon base budget of $530 billion is only
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/one-trillion-for-defense/
May 22, 2012 - ...wars winding down, has Washington already cut such spending so close to the bone that further reductions would be perilous to our safety?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/12/were-fighting-in-a-war-we-lost-before-the-war-bega/
May 12, 2012 - ...war is dropping further and faster than ever. The latest national U.S. poll, released on May 9, shows 66 percent of Americans are against the war in Afghanistan – with 40 percent "strongly opposed."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/10/money-spent-on-war-in-iraq/
May 10, 2012 - ...Afghanistan Could Have Bought At Home In America . While the total amount spent on the two wars could range anywhere from $ . Over a trillion U.S. taxpayer dollars have been spent on wars in Afghanist...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/09/this-sunny-west-coast-state-has-lost-more-troops-i/
May 9, 2012 - ...Afghanistan began in October of 2001, the United States has sustained more than 15,858 overall casualties (war injuries) and 1,526 killed-in-action fatalities, according to Pentagon records.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/18/can-women-change-the-story-of-the-niger-delta/
April 18, 2012 - “The whole fight for resource control has led to the eruption and escalation of all manner of conflict and violence in the Niger Delta. It’s all about power and control in light of the oil revenue.”
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/17/government-spending-reveals-national-priorities/
April 17, 2012 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/military/
March 29, 2012 - President Obama’s new budget includes $525 billion for the Department of Defense. Adjusted for inflation, that’s 2.6 percent less than fiscal 2012 levels. That’s the first cut to the...
