Tag: defense spending

Amidst soaring defense spending, a new GAO report uncovers the Pentagon's chronic evasion of basic fraud prevention measures, with Senator Bernie Sanders leading the charge for accountability.

A critical look at the Congressional impasse over funding $12 billion for Child Tax Credit expansion amid the approval of a colossal $858 billion military budget.

The U.S. already spends more on military than the next seven countries – China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the U.K., India, France, and Japan – combined.

Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.

Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war – past, present, and future.

Never has a society spent more for less.

The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency.

The White House is hoping that Congress will approve of a $54 billion boost to Pentagon coffers.

$596 billion was spent on the military in 2015 and Republicans are looking to increase the defense budget even more.

In a comprehensive new survey, most voters favored a decrease of at least $12 billion in the Pentagon’s spending and called for killing some costly military programs.