Health care is the fastest-growing type of federal spending, having risen from 7 percent of the federal budget in 1976 to more than a quarter in fiscal year 2015 as health care costs have risen in the industrialized world.
According to a recent estimate, daily Iran war costs of $1 billion/day would be able to fully cover: Medicaid for all 16 million people expected to lose it as a result of GOP budget cuts, AND food stamps for all 41 million people who rely on them.
This Election Day, progressive ideas swept the polls this month on Election Day. Across multiple elections at the state and local government levels, voters chose pro-people and planet agendas over militarism, fossil fuels, and billionaire corporate interests.
This analysis shows each congressional district’s estimated contribution to a new expenditure of $73 billion for war and weapons, alongside how many people in that district could receive Medicaid or SNAP for the same amount of money.
Instead of prolonging this war - or enabling the next one - with more funds, Americans deserve a government that supports them when times are tough.
