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This Country Would Want to See Money Taken From the Pentagon and Reallocated

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/30/this-country-want-money-from-pentagon-reallocated/

June 30, 2022 - CounterSpin interview with Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon

Raed Jarrar on Biden’s Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/24/lindsay-koshgarian-people-over-pentagon/

June 24, 2022 - We talk about the People Over Pentagon Act of 2022 with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project.

Only in ‘Top Gun’ can the military solve all our problems

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/14/only-in-top-gun-can-military-solve-all-problems/

June 14, 2022 - In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.

'People Over Pentagon' Proposal Would Take $100 Billion From Pentagon to Fund Social Programs

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/13/people-over-pentagon-proposal-would-take-100-billi/

June 13, 2022 - "The Lee-Pocan bill disproves the claim that there's not money to feed the hungry, care for the sick, cut child poverty, or protect the planet," said one proponent.

Defense Contractors Are Using Tax Dollars to Profit Off War in Ukraine

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/07/defense-contractors-tax-dollars-profit-ukraine/

June 7, 2022 - ...military services with taxpayer dollars has always been, and continues to be, a highly profitable endeavor for defense contractors. But it is in a real war, such as in Ukraine, that such profiteering ...

Critics question cost and necessity of America COMPETES legislation

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/22/critics-question-cost-necessity-america-competes/

April 22, 2022 - A committee has formed to help bridge the gap between a House and Senate version of a bill aimed at improving America's competitiveness in a global economy.

Healthcare, COVID Response, Military Top 2021 Tax Bills

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/healthcare-covid-response-military-top-2021-tax/

April 18, 2022 - ...military, but this year it's number three."More than half of military spending goes to for-profit contractors, about $929 for the average taxpayer, compared to $171 for public K-12 education, $10 for ...

Tax Day 2022: Where Do Texans' Federal Tax Dollars Go?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/tax-day-2022-where-texans-federal-tax-dollars-go/

April 18, 2022 - Tax Day is here, and whether you love or loathe it often depends on if you owe money to the government.

Tax Day 2022 Notes and Sources

Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/tax-day-2022-notes-and-sources/

April 15, 2022 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. These are one type of taxes withheld from your paycheck, and they pay for a vast array of government programs.

Tax Day 2022

Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/

April 15, 2022 - Tax Day this year is April 18, 2022. Americans will file their tax returns for all income received in 2021. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?

About That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/13/about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors/

April 13, 2022 - This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?

Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/06/biden-new-pentagon-budget-prioritizes-war/

April 6, 2022 - Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

More guns, less butter: Biden's World War III budget

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/06/more-guns-less-butter-biden-world-war-iii-budget/

April 6, 2022 - With the proxy war between US/NATO and Russia over Ukraine now in its second month, the sociali consequences of the conflict are coming into sharper focus.

How Biden’s Budget Prioritizes War Over People’s Needs

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/31/how-biden-budget-prioritizes-war-over-people-needs/

March 31, 2022 - ...military and police spending.

Biden Wants to Give 163 Times More to US Military Than to Global Pandemic Response

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-wants-163-times-to-military-than-pandemic/

March 29, 2022 - "Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic," said one public health expert.

Biden Requests Record Defense Budget Even Before Congress Boosts It

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-requests-record-defense-budget/

March 29, 2022 - ...military spending—an increase of $31 billion, about four percent, over this year.

Biden FY 2023 budget puts war before human needs

Analysis - /analysis/2022/biden-fy-2023-budget-puts-war-human-needs/

March 28, 2022 - ...military and war over peace and human needs. But more spending on militarism can’t address the nation’s or the world’s problems.

Biden Is Using the Ukraine Crisis to Justify Dangerous Investments in Nuclear Weapons

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/28/biden-using-ukraine-dangerous-nuclear-weapons/

March 28, 2022 - The president’s budget calls for $50.9 billion in nuclear weapons spending.

Our Skyrocketing Military Spending Helps Pentagon Contractors—Not Ukraine

Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/28/skyrocketing-miltiar-spending-helps-contractors/

March 28, 2022 - ...military budget just passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden.

It’s Time to Divest from Systems of Harm and Build an Infrastructure of Care

Blog - /blog/2022/03/18/its-time-divest-systems-harm-and-build-infrastructure-care/

March 18, 2022 - ...military spending. We won’t stand for it.