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Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty: 06/18/2019

Greg Kaufmann - The Nation


A Moral Economy Would Save Taxpayers Billions Every Year: 06/17/2019

Sarah Anderson - MarketWatch

10 ways that doing the right thing would save us money


2020 Democrats Address Poverty And Systemic Racism At Presidential Forum: 06/17/2019

Thomas Kaplan - The New York Times

The Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank, released the Poor People’s Moral Budget, a lengthy collection of policy proposals intended to help establish a “moral economy.” The proposals included reducing military spending by nearly half and increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy people.


It’S Not Progressive To Fund Medicare For All By Agreeing To A Bloated Military: 05/15/2019

Sarah Lazare - In These Times

"House Progressives tried to tie funding for bold social programs to the military budget, dollar for dollar. That’s timid and wrongheaded."


The Military Budget Is A Disgrace: 04/24/2019

Branko Marcetic - Jacobin

AN INTERVIEW WITHLINDSAY KOSHGARIAN The United States is spending $750 billion on its war machine. That money should be going to food, education, health care, and shelter for working people.


For Military Contractors, Tax Day Is Pay Day: 04/08/2019

Lindsay Koshgarian - Otherwords

Lockheed Martin's CEO took home $20 million while enlisted soldiers got just $20,000. Why? Because corporations have hijacked the military.


Trump Wants To Give 62 Cents Of Every Dollar To The Military. That's Immoral: 03/27/2019

Reverend William Barber, Dr. Liz Theoharis and Lindsay Koshgarian - The Guardian

A budget shows our values more clearly than any tweet, campaign speech, or political slogan.


Trump Budget Ends Medicaid Expansion, Axes Affordable Housing Programs: 03/19/2019

Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout

With this week’s budget release, the administration provided a fuller picture of its anti-government, pro-military vision for the U.S. The long list of cuts targets programs for the poor, middle-income Americans, the environment and peacekeeping. 


Trump’S Militarized Budget Slashes Medicare, Medicaid, And Clean Energy: 03/14/2019

Marc Steiner - The Real News

Preparing for war with largest peacetime military budget paid for with devastating cuts to the poor, ending environmental regulation, destroying retirement and healthcare. Do divided Democrats have an answer? Lindsay Koshgarian of IPS analyzes the proposal


Trump Budget Would Cut Spending For Nearly Every Agency Except Pentagon: 03/12/2019

Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout

The budget request President Trump released on Monday represents a conservative vision taken to the extreme. It would shoot military spending skyward while dismantling domestic programs piece by piece, with few exceptions.