Watch the military creep into massive infrastructure and budget bills
It’s as predictable as the sun rising and setting, but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the games that the Congress and Pentagon play.
It’s as predictable as the sun rising and setting, but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the games that the Congress and Pentagon play.
If deterrence is synonymous with dominance, no amount of military spending will ever be enough.
All but one Senate Armed Services Committee member recently succumbed to this wasteful exercise.
A grassroots movement is opposing a package of nearly $100M in subsidies and local handouts for a new Raytheon defense plant in town.
There are bipartisan efforts to sneak more money into the Pentagon’s already bloated and unaccounted for coffers.
A shift in spending toward urgent priorities like addressing the possibility of future pandemics would be a far better investment in “national security.”
Despite cuts, the Army wants nearly $1B to upgrade a vehicle that literally put our soldiers in harm’s way. But it’s a big boon for the contractor.
Biden’s budget request for the newly created Pacific Deterrence Initiative would fund boondoggles while spending little on diplomacy.
The president is going full speed ahead on beefing up the triad and expensive modernization — despite cries from his own party.
A new cold war atmosphere will allow the Pentagon to hoard resources that would otherwise go to our greater public health and safety needs.
Their objections to budget cuts have nothing really to do with who is best positioned to fight, but losing out on the spoils.
Applying phony solutions to real problems — it seems the armed forces, in league with Congress, has this down.
In response, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic offered no evidence to refute the claims.
While millions of Americans have yet to recover, War Incorporated joins pantheon of wealthiest elites profiting during the pandemic.
A new report found that military spending around the world got a boost last year despite floundering economies due to COVID-19.
This isn’t about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, but keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy.
If young people follow the money, they’ll find just how misplaced the government’s priorities are.
While some say the money will just be shifted elsewhere, Congress and DOD will now be held accountable.
The Pentagon budget looks likely to increase, signaling that the Blob isn’t dead yet.
Beware of another year in which politics wins over strategy and the security budget is bloated in all the wrong places.
We’re busting the deficit for allies who don’t necessarily want it. Is this what Biden means by “foreign policy for the middle class?”