Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/04/26/humboldt-county-cities-restrict-military/
April 26, 2009 - ...military service, but as a matter of actually signing someone up to serve in the armed forces. Currently, recruits must be 18 to enlist in the military - 17 with parental permission - although contact...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/04/07/your-2008-tax-dollar-37-cents-to-military-28-cents/
April 7, 2009 - ...military-related spending breaks down as follows: 29.4 cents for current military and war spending coupled with 7.9 cents for military-related debt. At 3.8 cents of each dollar, veterans' benefits rec...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/03/09/fashioning-resistance-to-militarism/
March 9, 2009 - ...military spending are now beginning to echo around Capitol Hill and throughout mainstream media. Federal budget priorities — and the billions of dollars tied up in the military budget — are coming und...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/02/26/where-the-money-goes/
Feb. 26, 2009 - ...military costs suddenly hit close to home. More than 40 percent of federal tax dollars go to military spending. The outlays buy a mighty war machine while depleting our own communities. In San Francis...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/10/16/taxpayers-and-the-true-price-of-oil/
Oct. 16, 2008 - The US government spends as much as $215 billion each year on military action globally to defend Big Oil's access to petroleum reserves around the globe in order to feed our addiction to oil, accordin...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/08/16/got-money/
Aug. 16, 2008 - ...military in general: "In the last almost eight years, we've seen a ballooning military and Pentagon budget, with more and more money going to support the military while less and less is available to s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/03/18/five-years-of-war-billions-squandered-opportunitie/
March 18, 2008 - ...military and the war is about as large as the military budgets of all the other countries in the world combined. Security experts note that national security is more than weaponry and war. Security me...
Analysis - /analysis/2008/the-presidents-budget-fy2009/
Feb. 6, 2008 - The administration released its fiscal year 2009 $3 trillion budget request on Monday, February 5. An overview of the budget proposal along with state-level breakdowns on selected programs are availab...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/01/03/us-hopes-jobs-dim-allure-of-iraqs-militant-groups/
Jan. 3, 2008 - ...military and locals say is dominated by insurgents and al-Qaida in Iraq. Here, many men are out of work, and the village is in desperate need of basic services. Grinding poverty and disillusionment wi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/10/23/president-bush-presses-congress-for-extra-42-bn-to/
Oct. 23, 2007 - President Bush yesterday asked Congress for another multibillion-dollar slice of military funding, spending which should ensure the cost of the Iraq war rises over the $500 billion mark early in the n...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/10/08/a-troubling-turn-in-american-history/
Oct. 8, 2007 - ...military ethic. Hessians at last. Abolition. Barack Obama made a major speech calling for a return to the long-abandoned goal of nuclear elimination. "We need to change our nuclear policy and our post...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/09/26/analysis-outsourcing-war-is-good-business/
Sept. 26, 2007 - ...military. It has its own military base and operates about 20 aircrafts, including armed helicopters. Why? It's a question of logistics and economy. First, the tens of thousands of contractors who are ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/08/16/kennebunkport-maine-august-25-rally-and-march-for-/
Aug. 16, 2007 - ...Military Families Speak Out, Maine Chapter and Military Families Speak Out, Massachusetts Chapter. Also National Immigrant Solidarity Network, National Peace Action, National Priorities Project, New H...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/08/13/guns-versus-butter-our-real-economic-challenge/
Aug. 13, 2007 - ...military versus how much money is expended on non-military, domestic needs. To perhaps explain the obvious, buying a gun (or missile defense or a sophisticated bomber) means you don't have those dolla...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/08/09/military-widens-door-for-dropouts/
Aug. 9, 2007 - ...military is taking on an ever-bigger role providing basic education to new recruits. It's a strategy that is potentially risky for the military as it strives to maintain the quality of its force, but ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/07/18/analysis-bushs-failed-mideast-policy/
July 18, 2007 - ...military has topped the 3,500 mark. Olmert's popularity in Israel is hardly any better than that of President Bush. Olmert is still feeling the consequences of last summer's failed war against the Leb...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/05/07/are-iraq-war-costs-spinning-out-of-control/
May 7, 2007 - ...military forces), defense (homeland security), and prevention (nonmilitary international engagement). As it is, the proposed $623 billion military budget for fiscal 2008 will mean a higher military bi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/13/how-uncle-sam-spends-your-tax-money/
April 13, 2007 - ...military, Social Security, and health care—as well as hefty interest payments on the ballooning national debt. Of the $2.7 trillion federal tax coffers, about 20% goes to military spending, 20% to Soc...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/12/war-and-taxes-with-40-of-irs-revenue-going-to-mili/
April 12, 2007 - ...military related expenses. This according to a new report by the National Priorities Project. The research group estimates 27 percent of your federal taxes will be pay for current military spending in...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/bush-congress-tackle-shifts-in-spending/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...military spending would put pressure on a variety of entitlements and domestic spending. And the budget debate has already raised questions about whether the numbers add up. To maintain tax cuts, incr...
