Budget Matters Blog

Entries By Houssem Chammam


At a time of a global crises, the United States is weaponizing its humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is the form of foreign spending that we need to prioritize for a safer future, instead of ever-flowing military aid. But the US is weaponizing it.


Would the U.S. have COVID under control if we hadn’t overinvested in the Pentagon?

It is tragically impossible to revert time to save a hundred thousand people from death, yet it is still possible for all of us to support and help kickstart the transformation of the U.S. federal budget to a just and equitable one.