National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. BREAKING NEWS
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September 24 2009
National Priorities Project is proud to release the Security Spending Primer: Getting Smart About The Pentagon Budget. (PDF Document)
This Primer is a “one-stop-shopping” resource and has two main goals:
- to provide comprehensive, easy-to-understand information on the complexity of the federal budget process; and
- to help build the capacity of people across the United States who want their voices and their priorities to be heard in the debate over federal spending in general and military spending in particular.
THE LATEST
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January 21 2009
The U.S. Army has called for an additional 65,000 recruits over the coming years. Yet in spite of aggressive recruitment efforts, the Army again missed its quality benchmarks in Fiscal Year 2008. Today NPP updates its annual report on Army recruitment, with Part I of its analysis of Fiscal Year 2008 Army recruiting, and provides access to data by state, county and ZIP Code.
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October 14 2008
According to a new report from National Priorities Project (NPP), the United States is spending between $97 and $215 billion dollars annually on military action to defend access to oil and natural gas reserves around the globe. The Military Cost of Securing Energy provides a critical analysis of the military cost of defending U.S. energy concerns overseas. The report estimates that the military spends up to 30 percent of its annual budget to secure access to energy resources internationally.
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May 07 2008
As Congress considers additional war funding, NPP offers a state-level table and breakdowns of the President's proposed Iraq war spending by congressional district, county and city.
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April 07 2008
Taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent their 2007 income tax dollars: over 40 percent went towards military spending, while education received just over 4 percent. This publication shows how the median income family's 2007 income tax dollars were spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.
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March 12 2008
As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches on March 19th, the National Priorities Project takes stock of President Bush's spending priorities, examining the cost of the Iraq War, proposed budget cuts in domestic programs and the cost of keeping tax cuts for the wealthy. State-level publications are available.
Bringing the Federal Budget Home
National Priorities Project (NPP) is a 501(c)(3) research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Located in Northampton, MA, since 1983, NPP focuses on the impact of federal spending and other policies at the national, state, congressional district and local levels. Find out more at About Us.
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