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.
As our government launches unecessary and dangerous attacks in Syria, it's devastating to know who paid for it: we did.
The Souls of Poor Folk is an assessment of the conditions and trends of poverty today and of the past fifty in the United States.
Tax Day is April 17, 2017. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?
