ROBERT C. KOEHLER – Scott Paul writes, “This budget (proposed military budget upgrade) to $1.5 trillion annually is certainly not business as usual. It is a dramatic reordering of national priorities. Trump has made this shift explicit, arguing that the U.S. cannot afford childcare, Medicaid or Medicare because, as he put it, ‘we’re fighting wars.’”
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Budget Watchdog Raises Red Flags for Federal Investment in Smaller Nuclear Reactors in New Report
PRESS RELEASE FROM TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE – Budget watchdog raises red flags for federal investment in smaller nuclear reactors in new report.
Make Pentagon Savings Part of Budget Negotiations
REPS KEITH ELLISON AND MICK MULVANEY – We believe pursuing savings in the Pentagon’s budget must be one part of the larger — and critical — effort to improve our nation’s fiscal condition.
To argue that the defense budget should be off the table ignores the growth in defense spending–which since 2000 has increased more than a third after adjusting for inflation. We can disagree about the proper amount of defense spending, but it is clear that recent growth has not been tied to strategic needs.