Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
September 20, 2023 | More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
Articles by Lindsay Koshgarian
Dwight Was Right: Congress Must Say No to Military Contractors
July 12, 2023 | The world Eisenhower warned about has materialized. We need more members of Congress to stand up to the arms industry and fight for social investments instead.
Congress Has No Business Shoveling Another $858 Billion Into the Military Industrial Complex
December 7, 2022 | The Pentagon just failed its fifth audit in as many years. After 20 years of war, there are better ways to spend tax dollars than on an agency that can't even account for half of its assets.
About That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors
April 13, 2022 | This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities
September 10, 2021 | For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.
Biden’s Unconscionable Military Budget
June 3, 2021 | With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
10 Better Uses for 10 Percent of the Pentagon Budget
July 20, 2020 | Just 10 percent of the Pentagon budget could end homelessness, increase our COVID testing 44 times over, or send a $2,300 check to every unemployed American.
Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health
July 15, 2020 | Tanks and ships can’t save us from our greatest dangers, so let’s pay for the things that can.
It’s Our Choice: Medicare for All or Endless War?
December 4, 2019 | We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.
For Military Contractors, Tax Day Is Pay Day
April 8, 2019 | Lockheed Martin's CEO took home $20 million while enlisted soldiers got just $20,000. Why? Because corporations have hijacked the military.