Budget Matters Blog

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A New Plan to End the Unemployment Crisis

A new economic renewal plan would put millions of people back to work building a fairer, healthier, and more sustainable economy.


The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced At Least 37 Million People


It’s a Pandemic. Military Spending Hikes Should Be Off the Table.


Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

Many school districts are deciding that police in classrooms cause more problems than they solve.


Small Towns Don't Need Military Helicopters

A little-known federal program dumps military equipment on local police forces. We need to end it.


The ‘Camo Economy’ Hides Military Costs and Exacerbates Inequality

Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin exploit their political connections to maintain a system that generates huge corporate profits and executive pay at taxpayer expense.


Defund the Police, Invest in Communities

Local governments have a revenue problem, while America has a policing problem. There’s a simple solution.


Police Violence Is Enabled by Massive Spending

The Black Lives Matter protest movement shows again why America needs to defund bloated and militarized police departments.


In a Pandemic, Military Spending is an Extravagant Waste

In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.


“Is the U.S. at War Right Now?" and Other Questions

by Maryanne Magnier Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Editor's note: At a time when the United States is in the midst of its longest war ever, with no end in sight; when the president routinely and offhandedly spouts threats of war; when the military budget is higher than at any...