Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/just-how-much-does-washington-spend-on-national-se/
May 22, 2012 - ...of $530 billion is only
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/one-trillion-for-defense/
May 22, 2012 - ...of headlines about cuts (often called “threats”) to the U.S. defense budget. Last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives even passed a bill that was meant to spare national security spending ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/17/what-priorities-are-being-set-for-our-nation-are-t/
May 17, 2012 - The GOP constantly cries over the debt limit and evokes the “spending
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 - ...War was Instead Spent on Education? The war in Iraq has cost a money spent on war in iraq whopping $443.7 billion*. More than half of the people in the U.S . The Cost of War is brought to you by Natio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/18/can-women-change-the-story-of-the-niger-delta/
April 18, 2012 - ...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 - ...of the heavy burden taxpayers bear as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Blog - /blog/2012/04/11/top-five-fun-facts-about-irs/
April 13, 2012 - ...of fun.”That’s pretty much the sentiment of most Americans when it comes to paying taxes, which is a subject of a lot of jokes. ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/13/fifth-grader-says-im-mad-at-the-government/
April 13, 2012 - ...of Bresee Community Center in Los Angeles, "we would buy materials to build homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, skate parks and soccer fields."
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...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/26/you-ask-we-answer-money-gone-missing/
March 26, 2012 - ...of Kennewick, Washington, wrote in to ask about tax revenues. In particular, she wanted to know if federal revenue has gone down over the past several decades with the enactment of lower tax rates and...
Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/Fiscal-Year-2013-Pentagon-Spending-Request/
Feb. 23, 2012 - ...of Defense (DoD) in Fiscal Year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012. Adjusted for inflation, this is 2.6 percent below FY2012 levels, the ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/analysis-fiscal-year-2013-pentagon-spending-request/
Feb. 16, 2012 - ...of Defense, not including funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan or the nuclear weapons activities of the Department of Energy. The Pentagon is seeking ways to reduce spending by $487...
Video - /videos/2012/2/13/budget-brief-cost-of-war/
Feb. 13, 2012 - ...Cost of War NPP's Chris Hellman examines the costs of war up to this date, and what will be changing in the next few years. Budget Process, Military & Security, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/02/13/budget-brief-cost-of-war/
Feb. 13, 2012 - ...cost of war up to this point, and looks at what will be changing in the next few years.
Blog - /blog/2012/02/10/tracking_cost_of_war/
Feb. 10, 2012 - ...of Iraq, National Priorities Project has tracked the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recent events including the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq and the winding down of the troop &ldq...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget/
Feb. 8, 2012 - ...of projected Pentagon spending.
Blog - /blog/2012/02/03/Pentagon-Budget-Going-Down/
Feb. 3, 2012 - ...war costs and the nuclear weapons-related activities of the Department of Energy.Adjusted for inflation this ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/an-economy-thats-built-to-last-the-2012-state-of-the-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2012 - ...of the Union Address in his first term as president.
Blog - /blog/2011/09/20/cost_of_war/
Sept. 20, 2011 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of Fiscal Year 2011 (September 30, 2011) – $797.3 billion for Iraq and $459.8 billion for Afghanistan. $7.6 Trillion – The total amount spent on “security”...
