Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/28/of-bubbles-and-bailouts/
June 28, 2010 - The collapse of the U.S. housing bubble led directly to the largest industry bailout in U.S. history. While it will be many years yet before we can put a hard number to the amount of taxpayer dollars ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/22/trillion-dollar-dreams-what-military-spending-coul/
June 22, 2010 - ...housing; the list goes on and on.The trade offs are especially difficult to digest given the current economic recession the country is facing," said Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Pr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/15/focus-on-national-security/
June 15, 2010 - Concerns about budget deficits and rising debt levels are leading to fractures in the heretofore unified conservative support for ever-higher defense spending. At least a few Republicans are now openl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/11/panel-commissioneb-by-barney-frank-recommends-near/
June 11, 2010 - A panel commissioned by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is recommending nearly $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon's budget during the next 10 years.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/wasted-on-the-war-trillion-with-a-t/
June 10, 2010 - A week ago Sunday at approximately 10:06 a.m., after the House had adjourned for recess and Americans were enjoying their holiday weekends, our nation reached a truly disturbing milestone. At about t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/us-military-campaigns-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-cost/
June 10, 2010 - RTTNews) - A report by a non-profit organization which tracks American military spending says the total cost of the US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan has crossed $1 trillion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/the-longest-day-and-the-longest-war/
June 10, 2010 - Ordinarily, this column, devoted to issues confronting older Americans, doesn't get into more cosmic subjects of war and peace. But the bloviating former headmaster who spoke too long at my granddaugh...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/mass-murder-in-charlottesvill-virginia/
June 10, 2010 - During the past five years since I moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia, I had yet to observe the slightest violent incident, prior to the recent spree of horrific mass murders. There was crime, bu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/05/us-spending-on-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-exceed/
June 5, 2010 - On Memorial Day 2010, Americans honored the service of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have fought in the nation's wars, past and present. During this year's holiday, parades and ceremo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/group-tired-of-spending-money-on-war/
June 3, 2010 - Drivers slowed down by the "bottleneck" on Route 4 near Belle Avenue, because a 40-foot banner hanging from the Garrison Avenue Bridge caught their eyes on Sunday.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/total-spent-on-wars-reaches-1-trillion/
June 3, 2010 - NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost taxpayers a lot of money, the total spent on these wars just reached one trillion dollars.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/npps-federal-priorities-database-gets-update/
June 2, 2010 - National Priorities Project has updated all state-level data in its Federal Priorities Database with the latest available federal government data. This database offers a collection of federal spending...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/01/bringing-the-troops-and-war-dollars-home-a-forum-i/
June 1, 2010 - A couple of weeks ago there was a teach-in here in Northampton about the War in Afghanistan, its causes and effects. One of the workshops that followed involved an effort that began in Maine to urge ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/what-has-reno-nevada-got-to-show-for-1-trillion-in/
May 31, 2010 - As of 10:06 a.m., Sunday, May 30th, the United States will have spent $1 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/can-we-afford-to-be-the-bank-of-afghanistan-r-us-i/
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Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/city-council-eyes-war-policy/
May 30, 2010 - NORTHAMPTON - The city is making another venture into federal and foreign policy as it prepares to sound out residents on a resolution to bring home the local tax money that is funding America's wars ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/the-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars-mutilated-our-econom/
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Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/29/plight-of-black-poor-worsens/
May 29, 2010 - ...Housing is worse. Unemployment is worse. We now have a drug problem that we didn't have in 1967 and 1968. There are millions of handguns. The cities have been essentially disregarded by the federal go...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/29/ohio-share-of-iraq-afghan-trillion-war-costs-bette/
May 29, 2010 - COLUMBUS, Ohio - At mid-morning Sunday, on Memorial Day weekend when the nation remembers and honors those who have given their full measure in service to their nation, the Cost of War counter will ro...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/28/crossing-the-1-trillion-cost-of-war/
May 28, 2010 - ORTHAMPTON, Mass. - May 28 - On May 30, 2010, at 10:06am, the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter - designed to count the total money appropriated for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - will ...
