Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/15/military-spending-is-misplaced-u-s-priority/
April 15, 2012 - On April 17, I will be protesting war taxes at Baltimore's main post office. I realize that taxes fund many good programs — education, environment and diplomacy. But sadly when 57 percent of the feder...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/13/fifth-grader-says-im-mad-at-the-government/
April 13, 2012 - "If we had a trillion dollars," dream the youth of Bresee Community Center in Los Angeles, "we would buy materials to build homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, skate parks and soccer fields."
Blog - /blog/2012/04/11/tax-day-2012-those-pennies-add/
April 11, 2012 - ...military, while ...
Blog - /blog/2012/04/09/you-ask-we-answer-why-this-tax-receipt-different-white-houses/
April 9, 2012 - ...military, health programs, education, and everything else. But some ...
Video - /videos/2012/4/7/budget-brief-your-income-tax-receipt/
April 7, 2012 - ...Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/04/03/pentagon-battles-healthcare-costs/
April 4, 2012 - As the Pentagon scrambles to find ways to save money, the Defense Department has included in its fiscal year 2013 budget request a political bombshell – increasing beneficiary contributions to i...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/military/
March 29, 2012 - ...military spending, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center. Forty-five percent of Americans say a smaller military can be just as effective, while 44 percent say the cuts will reduce eff...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/money-in-money-out/
March 29, 2012 - This graphic shows where all the money in the federal budget comes from, and where it goes, in the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2013.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/competing-visions/
March 28, 2012 - This week the House of Representatives will consider two significantly different alternatives to the president’s fiscal 2013 budget request— the Republican draft budget resolution, introdu...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/clearing-tax-day-confusion/
March 27, 2012 - We’ve gotten lots of great e-mails and comments about Tax Day, which we launched on Friday. But there’s been some confusion about what’s included in our breakdown of your federal inc...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/21/budget-process-update-where-are-we-now/
March 21, 2012 - The president submitted his fiscal year 2013 budget request to Congress on Feb. 13. Earlier this week, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled his draft budget r...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/taxday-2012/
March 21, 2012 - On April 17, 2012, your 2011 federal income tax return is due to the IRS. Where did the federal government spend your income taxes during fiscal year 2011?
Blog - /blog/2012/03/16/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-do-we-spend-intelligence/
March 19, 2012 - Nancy Albert, of San Juan, Puerto Rico asks how much do we spend on the CIA, and where in the budget would you find that money?The short answer is, we don't know. Now here's the longer answer, which i...
Video - /videos/2012/3/16/budget-brief-where-your-taxes-went/
March 16, 2012 - ...Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/03/12/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-aid-do-we-give-to-foreign-countries/
March 12, 2012 - Kris from Concord, California, wrote in to ask how much aid the United States gives to foreign countries. Foreign aid and diplomacy together comprise around 1 percent of the federal budget, or $56 bil...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/spending/
Feb. 29, 2012 - ...military spending comprised 30 percent of the total federal budget in the 1980s under President Reagan, 16 percent in fiscal 1998 under President Clinton, and 18 percent in President Obama’s 201...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/
Feb. 29, 2012 - On Feb. 13, the president released his budget proposal for FY 2013. National Priorities Project looks at the numbers, the history behind them, and why the president's budget matters.
Video - /videos/2012/2/24/budget-brief-twelve-zeros/
Feb. 24, 2012 - ...Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/Fiscal-Year-2013-Pentagon-Spending-Request/
Feb. 23, 2012 - On February 14, 2012 the Obama Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget for the federal government. The request includes $525.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD) in Fisca...
Video - /videos/2012/2/17/budget-brief-the-presidents-budget-discretionary-spending/
Feb. 17, 2012 - ...Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Transparency & Data
