In fiscal year 2015, Pentagon and related spending will total $598 billion, accounting for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.
The Republicans in Congress have used a charade of government efficiency to justify funding reductions in these anti-poverty and anti-hunger programs.
Since taking office this year, President Trump and his administration have been unapologetically loud and harmful about immigration. And they’re using the U.S. military to help do all of it.
Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country.
The new law slashes vital services to pay for tax cuts for the rich and massive hikes in military and deportation funding.
