Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/tax-day-2019-social-media-toolkit/
April 11, 2019 - Tax Day 2019 graphics for social media.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/where-your-tax-dollar-was-spent-2018/
April 11, 2019 - How were your tax dollars spent in 2018? Here's a breakdown of how the federal government used every dollar you paid.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/seven-surprising-tax-facts-2019/
April 11, 2019 - Seven surprising facts about where our tax dollars go, and who pays what.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/
April 11, 2019 - Tax Day is April 15, 2019. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/04/08/military-contractors-tax-day-is-pay-day/
April 8, 2019 - ...military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/03/27/Trump-wants-to-give-62-cents-to-the-military/
March 27, 2019 - A budget shows our values more clearly than any tweet, campaign speech, or political slogan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/03/19/Trump-Budget-Ends-Medicaid-Expansion-Axes-Housing/
March 19, 2019 - ...military vision for the U.S. The long list of cuts targets programs for the poor, middle-income Americans, the environment and peacekeeping.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/03/14/Trump-Militarized-Budget-Slashes-Medicare-Medicaid/
March 14, 2019 - ...military budget paid for with devastating cuts to the poor, ending environmental regulation, destroying retirement and healthcare. Do divided Democrats have an answer? Lindsay Koshgarian of IPS analyz...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/03/12/Trump-Budget-Cut-Spending-Except-Pentagon/
March 12, 2019 - ...military spending skyward while dismantling domestic programs piece by piece, with few exceptions.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/03/11/Trump-2020-Slashes-Programs-Funds-Border/
March 11, 2019 - ...military spending, and harsh slashes to programs actually benefiting Americans. In fact Trump is asking for an across-the-board 5% cut to all non-defense discretionary programs.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/02/06/How-I-Would-Spend-Trumps-Wall-Money/
Feb. 6, 2019 - Is an additional $5.7 billion for a border wall really the best way to protect Americans? While President Trump is playing with billions of dollars and millions of lives, I decided to play with that m...
Blog - /blog/2019/02/04/trump-budget-delayed-shutdown/
Feb. 4, 2019 - The president’s budget request, which is legally due on the first Monday in February, will be late this year as a direct result of the government shutdown.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/01/23/National-Emergency-Declaration-Power-Grab/
Jan. 23, 2019 - Lindsay Koshgarian argues that the government shutdown could very well lead to Trump calling a national emergency, which would be dangerous to freedom while also causing economic downturn.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/01/14/Longest-Shutdown-Power-Grab/
Jan. 14, 2019 - The current intractable shutdown over the president’s demand for $5 billion for a border wall has been marked by repeated failed negotiations, and it’s increasingly hard to see where ...
Blog - /blog/2019/01/09/shutdown-day-19-and-real-crisis/
Jan. 9, 2019 - What would it look like if a president proposed spending just $5.7 billion out of the whole $1 trillion budget to solve a few real crises: health insurance, climate change, retirement savings, and stu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/01/09/Trump-Wall-is-a-Waste/
Jan. 9, 2019 - The federal government shutdown has passed the two-week mark, with no end in sight. As federal workers and contractors face another week scraping by without pay, President Donald Trump on Tuesday nigh...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/12/21/Will-Government-Shut-Down-Over-Border-Wall/
Dec. 21, 2018 - If Congress doesn’t reach a deal on a government spending bill by midnight on December 21, one-quarter of the federal government will shut down. At issue is $5 billion in funding for a border wa...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/12/10/Skewed-Government-Economic-Priorities/
Dec. 10, 2018 - Trump wants $5 billion for the wall. Some Democratic leaders, rather than outright reject that figure, have said that they will back $1.6 billion for the wall and/or immigration enforcement at the bor...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/11/19/real-news-DoD-failed-audit-spending-6-trillion/
Nov. 19, 2018 - The Watson Institute released its report ‘Costs of War,’ showing astronomical costs of $5.9 trillion and at least 500,000 killed due to the never-ending war on terror. Is there an alternat...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/11/01/Average-US-Taxpayer-Gave-24-Lockheed-Martin/
Nov. 1, 2018 - ...military budget is what allows the U.S. empire to continue on, and its increase allows for the expansion of U.S. hard power into every corner of the globe. To get a sense of how the military budget w...
