Tag: Pentagon budget

William Hartung blasts the promised budget as “completely unnecessary” and says that “almost the only beneficiaries are going to be the weapons manufacturers.”

Bernie Sanders challenges America’s staggering military budget, calling for reforms to address fraud, waste, and misplaced priorities.

The Washington money pit...

We want a serious change in our federal spending priorities away from destruction to actual human needs.

"It's time to fix our broken budget priorities, and start putting human needs over Pentagon greed."

Let’s blow away the linguistic fog. The Pentagon budget is not a “defense” budget.

“Not so incidentally, the $25 billion spending increase approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee exactly matches the cost to scale up Covid-19 vaccine production to meet global demand.”

Joe Biden's first 100 days were a Pentagon prize...

With the current unemployment rate reaching roughly 6.8 million and nearly 8 million Americans facing eviction, the government should be focusing on its citizens and not a defense budget.

A post-coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first.