Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/14/americas-biggest-jobs-program-the-us-military/
Aug. 14, 2010 - America's biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/23/rebuild-america-or-bomb-afghanistan-bring-our-war-/
July 23, 2010 - ...budget deficit.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/15/pentagon-spending-on-the-chopping-block/
July 15, 2010 - ...federal government's entire discretionary budget. At a time when virtually every community in the country is facing critical budget shortfalls, defense spending has continued to grow. While the White ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/14/pratt-ge-escalate-engine-battle-in-congress/
July 14, 2010 - ...federal budget: $485 million to fund an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.Pratt makes the JSF's lead engine, while GE and Rolls Royce are jointly developing an alternative. For the la...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/30/those-who-profited-from-deficit-spending-should-be/
June 30, 2010 - The United States can be fiscally responsible and meet the urgent necessities of the American people by stopping corporate welfare to concentrated industries, taxing the wealthiest that profited from ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/28/of-bubbles-and-bailouts/
June 28, 2010 - ...federal government has gone to bail out the financial sector. This original Wall Street bailout accounting includes all the major bailout programs of the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve,...
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/2010/06/08/us-war-costs-1-trillion-and-counting/
June 8, 2010 - After nearly a decade of combat, U.S. spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan recently passed the $1 trillion mark, making them the biggest wartime expenditure since World War II, according to a ...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/npps-federal-priorities-database-gets-update/
June 2, 2010 - ...Federal Priorities Database with the latest available federal government data. This database offers a collection of federal spending data accompanied by budget area indicators.
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/2010/05/30/defense-spending-the-top-priority-critics-fear/
May 30, 2010 - As the United States retains its place as the world's largest defense spender for another year, and the Cost of War counter inches toward the $1 trillion mark, community activists bemoan the prioritie...
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 ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/22/the-true-cost-of-oil/
May 22, 2010 - When Americans pull up to the pump, the price they pay for a gallon of gas does not begin to reflect the true costs of extracting, transporting, and burning that gallon of fuel.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/20/tomgram-christopher-hellman-is-the-pentagon-finall/
May 20, 2010 - ...budget, few in this country have cared to pay much attention. Fortunately, the National Priorities Project has. It has been trying to put the realities of that ever more bloated budget on the nation...
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 budget. Yet Capitol Hill has been slow to tackle this perennial challenge. Even though entitlement programs--Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security--and other mandatory spending absorb two-th...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/14/gourmet-eating-with-food-stamps/
May 14, 2010 - Every month the BLS announces the latest the unemployment number. Every quarter, the BEA tells us what GDP was in the previous quarter. These are the headline numbers, the ones you're most likely to h...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/13/budget-according-to-mccain-part-i/
May 13, 2010 - Summary
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/09/the-folly-of-nation-building/
May 9, 2010 - Since 9-11, American foreign policy has become markedly interventionist and excessively costly. According to the National Priorities Project, Congress to date has allocated $747.3 billion to the war i...
