Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/20/tomgram-christopher-hellman-is-the-pentagon-finall/
May 20, 2010 - When it comes to the Pentagon and the U.S. military, wherever you look, there's money being handed out. Wildly and in staggering amounts. Early this month, for instance, the U.S. Army announced that...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/18/bullets-and-bombs-are-bringing-destruction-to-fore/
May 18, 2010 - Can bullets and bombs cause severe destruction in foreign lands and in America at the same time? Is that not impossible? It's not only possible, but it's happening right before our eyes. While bullets...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/17/tough-budget-choices-non-security-discretionary-pr/
May 17, 2010 - ...federal spending: military, education, housing, and so on. These guidelines shape subsequent spending legislation that specifically divides how funds will be allotted to each area. As of mid-May only ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/13/budget-according-to-mccain-part-i/
May 13, 2010 - Summary
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/07/afghanistan-and-central-asian-oil/
May 7, 2010 - Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October began its ninth year. At $4 billion per month, a National Priorities Project has determined that the total cost of military operations in Afghanistan by the end...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/04/jobs-and-budget-crises-data-local-impacts-and-fede/
May 4, 2010 - ...funds to pay the bills and mortgage.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/03/the-politics-of-unemployment-as-it-turns-out/
May 3, 2010 - We all know someone who is out of work. If you don't, then drop by the local food banks or St. Olaf's on St. Vincent's utility bill aid days or the unemployment office.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/us-jobs-and-budget-crises-local-impacts/
April 30, 2010 - A jobless recovery...State and local budget crises...Federal spending and tax policies...New jobs legislation on Capitol Hill. They all affect you. This packet of resources provides current state and ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/29/bloomfield-public-square-dialogue-for-the-21st-cen/
April 29, 2010 - Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is so fed up with all the painful budget cuts he has to implement that he has embarked on a very unusual project that he introduced at a press conference ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/21/2010-us-spending-priorities-58-to-military/
April 21, 2010 - ...federal budget proposed by the President, and debated and decided by Congress each year. The part of the budget constitutes more than one-third of total federal spending. The remainder of the federal ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/18/a-demand-grows-in-brooklyn-fund-kids-not-bombs/
April 18, 2010 - ...federal budget and war spending
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/17/local-budgets-and-war-spending-a-reflection-for-ta/
April 17, 2010 - From every corner of America urban, suburban and rural the news of shrinking budgets and slashed community services sounds forth like a tragic Greek chorus.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/15/senator-d-ny-charles-e-schumer-on-the-afghanistan-/
April 15, 2010 - Like a lot of constituents, I wrote my Senator about the war in Afghanistan. Unlike some Senators, Chuck Schumer actually wrote me back a reasonably detailed response (see below). Unfortunately, his v...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/13/price-of-war-too-high/
April 13, 2010 - As America inches closer to a decade of war, the cost increasingly is being questioned. People who years ago might have feared being called unpatriotic are lambasting the trillion dollars spent since ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/small-city-mayor-takes-on-the-pentagon/
April 12, 2010 - ...funds lost in the market during the collapse of 2008-09, and a $500,000 drop in the return on the city's investment portfolio.??With worse times ahead, thanks in part to the projected end of federal s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/afghan-war-forum-packs-falmouth-hall/
April 12, 2010 - ...federal spending and how tax dollars are spent; and David Swanson, author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union."Swanson argued that the war is killing innocen...
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 - ...federal government spent each of their 2009 federal income tax dollars. In its annual release, Where did your tax dollars go?, NPP offers a breakout of federal income tax dollar allocation while also ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/17/dutchess-taxpayers-have-spent-17-billion-since-200/
March 17, 2010 - Hi all...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/10/national-priorities-project-releases-fy2011-budget/
March 10, 2010 - President Obama issued his Fiscal Year 2011 budget on February 1, 2010 – a 2,585-page proposed blueprint for addressing the social agonies caused by record-high job loss, a continued sluggish economy ...
