All posts tagged "military spending"
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Economy and Finance
Trump Signs $82 Billion Spending Boost for Pentagon
August 15, 2018The Pentagon doesn't need more money, but until politicians from at least one party show a...
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Editor's Choice
No Doubt About It: The Deep State Is Real and Trump Is Its Latest Tool
July 24, 2018The Deep State—a.k.a. the police state, a.k.a. the military industrial complex, a.k.a. the surveillance state complex—does...
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Economy and Finance
Spending Our Way to a Fiscal Crisis
July 24, 2018The excessive debt caused by excessive spending will inevitably cause a major economic crisis. Yet, with...
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Editor's Choice
Your Tax Dollars Bankroll Afghan Child Molesters
May 25, 2018The U.S. government has long known that U.S.-funded Afghan units routinely engage in bacha bazi —...
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Economy and Finance
‘Astronomical’ Cost of War: Average US Taxpayer Sent $3,456 to Pentagon Last Year and Just $39 to the EPA
April 18, 2018As long as we are forced to pay taxes, shouldn't that money be used to benefit...
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Editor's Choice
Neocons Are Back With a Big War Budget and Big War Plans
March 27, 2018Make no mistake: the neocons are back and looking for another war. They’ve got the president’s...
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Economy and Finance
The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again: War Spending Will Bankrupt America
February 16, 2018The problem we wrestle with is none other than a distorted American empire, complete with mega-corporations,...
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Agenda 21
America Is Selling Your Unborn Children Into Debt Slavery: National Debt Will Hit $30 Trillion
February 13, 2018The United States is well on its way to a $30 trillion debt. Taxes won't solve...
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Economy and Finance
‘Another Giant Spending Spree’: Budget Deal Denounced as Wasteful Gift to War Profiteers
February 8, 2018"Throwing more money at the Pentagon," one critic argued, "will only double down on the Trump...
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Economy and Finance
The American Empire’s War Machine Is Running out of Steam
June 22, 2017And while many would rejoice at the news of an American war machine that’s running out...
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Controlling the Herd
Video: The Militarization of the Trump Administration
May 1, 2017The old "peace through strength" strategy...anyone who thinks Trump came about to bring peace is sadly...
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Controlling the Herd
Beware the Dogs of War: Is the American Empire on the Verge of Collapse?
April 11, 2017Wake up, America. There’s not much time left before we reach the zero hour.
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Editor's Choice
Ron Paul: On Military and Spending, It’s Trump Versus Trump
March 2, 2017The solution is very simple: end the US military empire overseas, cut taxes and regulations at...
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Economy and Finance
Will Trump Continue the Bush-Obama Legacy?
January 16, 2017The history of massive spending increases under unified Republican control of government is likely to repeat...
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Economy and Finance
Memo to the Next Administration: Defense Spending Must Be For Actual Defense
November 14, 2016The question is whether this increase in US military activity and spending overseas actually keeps us...
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Economy and Finance
Trump on Foreign Defense Aid: Israel Should Reimburse the US
May 6, 2016Trump responded, "I have great respect for those countries... I want them to pay us some...
