None - News Review
April 17 is income tax day. What the heck does that money buy? The chart above shows how the federal government spends its tax revenues, as broken down per dollar, according to the National Priorities Project. The NPP is a self-described “national non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to making complex ...
Lawrence S. Wittner - History News Network
Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case.
Cedra Mayfield - WLNS
A local push for a change in federal tax spending. A local forum addressed concerns about the way your tax dollars are being spent on the national level. The gathering was at Lansing's Central United Methodist Church. It focused on ways to change federal spending to help people struggling here ...
Rachel Thomas - NBC, News 10, WILX.com
Citizens from across the state joined national and local leaders in a forum focussed on the federal budgetand how it's affecting people in Michigan.
- Press TV
Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.
Brian P. Moore - Tampa Tribune's Hernando Today
Re: Nugent's opposition to $2.4 billion train funding is same amount the 5th District has spent on war. "Locals react to rail plan rejection" by Michael D. Bates, Hernando Today , Feb. 19.
- Antiwar Radio
Chris Hellman, Communications and Budget Analyst for the National Priorities Project, discusses the $1.2 trillion national security budget; how government secrecy and over-classification of documents hides wasteful programs and prevents Congressional oversight; huge projected increases in health care and pensions for veterans and retired military; and the bloated Homeland Security, ...
Thomas Barnse - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
A Northampton-based organization is proving itself instrumental in decoding the federal budget. The National Priorities Project (NPP) "makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent," according to its website.
- Mail Tribune
The budget battle in Washington, D.C., has focused so far on where and how much to cut spending. Republicans have targeted federal funding for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other political hot spots; Democrats want to go after oil and farm subsidies and tax breaks for corporations. A potential budget ...
- St. Petersburg Times
U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent's support of Gov. Scott's opposition to the $2.4 federal funding of a speed train for Florida was discouraging news, but not surprising.
