Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/04/17/tax-day-pentagon-contractor-day/
April 17, 2023 - NPP just released their Tax Day 2023 receipt, which found that the average taxpayer paid $1,087 for Pentagon contractors in 2022. The average taxpayer paid $70 for deportations and bord...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/04/17/average-taxpayer-spent-pentagon-contractors-2022/
April 17, 2023 - "The main message? Our government is continuing to invest too much in the military, and in militarized law enforcement, and not nearly enough on prevention, people, and our communities."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/22/2023-military-budget-hike-3200-times-nlrb-increase/
Dec. 22, 2022 - If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-rewards-military-expense-domestic-needs/
Dec. 20, 2022 - “This budget deal is shameful. It perpetuates the status quo, where domestic priorities never get equal footing with military spending. It’s unconscionable to keep throwing more money at P...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/30/lawmakers-propose-record-847b-defense-budget/
Nov. 30, 2022 - Antiwar and progressive advocates have strongly condemned the proposed budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/07/defense-contractors-tax-dollars-profit-ukraine/
June 7, 2022 - Purchasing weapons and military services with taxpayer dollars has always been, and continues to be, a highly profitable endeavor for defense contractors. But it is in a real war, such as in Ukraine, ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/19/tax-day-2022-we-need-to-tax-the-rich-now/
April 19, 2022 - In this op-ed for Tax Day 2022, News & Politics Editor Lexi McMenamin explains why taxing the rich is overdue.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/healthcare-covid-response-military-top-2021-tax/
April 18, 2022 - ...federal tax dollars are spent. Each year, the National Priorities Project breaks down what happens to the largest revenue source for the federal government: our income taxes. The average 202...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/tax-day-2022-where-texans-federal-tax-dollars-go/
April 18, 2022 - Tax Day is here, and whether you love or loathe it often depends on if you owe money to the government.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/tax-day-2022-notes-and-sources/
April 15, 2022 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. These are one type of taxes withheld from your paycheck, and they pay for a vast array of government programs.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/13/about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors/
April 13, 2022 - This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/06/biden-new-pentagon-budget-prioritizes-war/
April 6, 2022 - Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-wants-163-times-to-military-than-pandemic/
March 29, 2022 - "Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic," said one public health expert.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-requests-record-defense-budget/
March 29, 2022 - The Biden White House unveiled a budget request for Fiscal Year 2023 that continues the trend of sharply rising defense spending by proposing a record $813.3 billion in military spending—an incr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/28/biden-using-ukraine-dangerous-nuclear-weapons/
March 28, 2022 - The president’s budget calls for $50.9 billion in nuclear weapons spending.
Blog - /blog/2022/03/18/its-time-divest-systems-harm-and-build-infrastructure-care/
March 18, 2022 - With the passage of the latest budget package Congress crudely showed us their firm and long standing commitment to inequality, corporate greed, and military spending. We won’t stand for it.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/yanking-covid-relief-house-782-billion-military/
March 10, 2022 - "This is the definition of prioritizing the Pentagon (militarism and war) over the people," said one advocacy group.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-prioritizes-war-and-militarization-over-critical-needs-again/
March 9, 2022 - The budget deal announced today repeats a longtime pattern by putting more resources into the military and war than into K-12 education, affordable housing, public health, scientific and medical resea...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/23/risk-of-war-financial-burden-americans/
Feb. 23, 2022 - The United States has provided $650 million in defense equipment and services to Ukraine this past year alone amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/07/america-competes-act-feeds-china-tensions/
Feb. 7, 2022 - "Prioritizing any version of the bill over all the ongoing crises that people are dealing with today in the U.S. shows that getting an edge over China is apparently our government's most urgent priori...
