Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/02/26/where-the-money-goes/
Feb. 26, 2009 - ...federal tax dollars go to military spending. The outlays buy a mighty war machine while depleting our own communities. In San Francisco, taxpayers have already sent the U.S. government $2.2 billion fo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/08/16/got-money/
Aug. 16, 2008 - ...federal matching funds for Medicaid, food stamp benefits and low income energy assistance as well as extending unemployment benefits and approving grants for selected infrastructure projects. ??Jo Com...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/05/07/are-iraq-war-costs-spinning-out-of-control/
May 7, 2007 - ...federal government agencies. These, for instance, involve the loss of productive capacity of American soldiers and contractors killed or seriously wounded in Iraq – an amount put at $16.9 billion. Eco...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/13/how-uncle-sam-spends-your-tax-money/
April 13, 2007 - ...federal budget: federal funds and federal trust funds. Federal funds are considered "discretionary" dollars—meaning Congress and the President have a say in how they're spent. Federal trust funds are ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/12/war-and-taxes-with-40-of-irs-revenue-going-to-mili/
April 12, 2007 - ...federal taxes will be pay for current military spending including the war in Iraq. An additional nine percent will help pay off debt from past wars and military expenses. And another three percent cov...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/bush-congress-tackle-shifts-in-spending/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...funds would be shifted from one domestic program to another. Increased education spending for schools in low-income areas would be offset by eliminating more than three dozen other education programs....
Article - /pressroom/articles/2006/12/07/report-tough-time-far-from-over-for-states/
Dec. 7, 2006 - ...federal aid, including stimulus funds, borrowing, selling assets, raiding special funds and cuts in such services as day care subsidies and police. But opportunities to repeat those strategies are get...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2006/12/06/obama-cuts-domestic-spending-and-increases-militar/
Dec. 6, 2006 - ...federal spending, they will sustain all of the proposed cuts. Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, states, "[Obama's] proposal caps non-security spending at $447 billio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2006/11/20/all-war-all-the-time/
Nov. 20, 2006 - ...federal budget deficit into a Saddam-Hussein-style bogeyman. While the goal of many of those promoting this vision of deficit terror may have been intent on getting Wall Street's fingers into our Soc...
Analysis - /analysis/2005/cuts-to-community-and-economic-development-funding/
Sept. 2, 2005 - This page indicates the potential impact of cuts in community and economic development funding to selected cities.
Analysis - /analysis/2005/the-presidents-budget-fy2006/
April 11, 2005 - ...federal funding.
Analysis - /analysis/2005/impact-of-presidents-budget-proposal-on-states/
Feb. 8, 2005 - On Monday, February 7, 2005, the Bush Administration sent to Congress its budget request for fiscal year 2006. Under the proposed budget, discretionary spending would increase overall
Analysis - /analysis/2004/federal-education-funding-falls-short/
June 23, 2004 - Federal Education Funding Falls Short assesses federal education spending under the Bush Administration and its impact on each state.
Analysis - /analysis/2004/the-presidents-budget-fy2005/
Feb. 11, 2004 - The President's Budget: Impact on the States provides a state-by-state breakdown showing what each state woul
