Trump’s Militarized Budget Slashes Medicare, Medicaid, and Clean Energy
Trump’s federal budget proposal is the largest in history. It includes a massive military budget, funded through cuts to programs that help poor and middle-class Americans.
Trump Budget Would Cut Spending for Nearly Every Agency Except Pentagon
Trump is requesting an unprecedented level of military spending.
Trump’s FY2020 Budget Request Bloats Militarized Spending — and Slashes Programs Humans Actually Need
While funding for the Pentagon and nuclear weapons programs soars, investment in the Department of Education and Veteran’s Affairs plummet.
Nine Things to Buy with $5 Billion Instead of a Border Wall
Five billion dollars is not huge in a federal discretionary budget of more than $1 trillion. But it’s an incredibly meaningful sum to any number of smaller federal government programs.
Breaking Down the U.S. Military Budget
The U.S. federal budget is a cerebral subject, seemingly reserved for the technocratic elite to calculate, deconstruct, recompose, modify, and amend. But it affects people’s daily lives in profound ways, and not just in America.
We Can Pay For Free College The Same Way We Paid For A Pointless $5.6 Trillion War
Ideas like Medicare for All are written off as fantasy thinking by the same people who support virtually unlimited military spending.
Seven Surprising Tax Facts for 2018
Surprise! Corporations and billionaires are paying way less in taxes, with some profitable corporations paying nothing at all.
Report: How Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2017
Our analysis found that the average taxpayer put in 29 working days in 2017 to pay Pentagon contractors.
Trump Hates the Poor
Trump’s budget proposal has something to hurt almost everyone, but it’s a perfect storm for the poor.
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Scam
As another corporate giveaway, the plan would put major public infrastructure up for sale, and would loosen environmental rules designed to protect local communities.
Congress Just Agreed to Completely Out of Control Pentagon Spending
Military spending will reach $700 billion under the deal to reopen the government, despite reports of hundreds of billions in Pentagon waste.
The GOP’s Tax Breaks for the Private Jet Set
The GOP tax bill carves out special provisions for private jet owners, while their budget plan doubles fees for commercial passengers.
Tax Plans Pave the Way for Massive Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security
The increased national debt gives the perfect political cover for cutting social programs.
What Else Could a Tax Cut for the Richest 1% Buy in Your State?
New data from our National Priorities Project shows what’s at stake if America’s richest get a tax cut.
As Harmful Spending Policies Loom, IPS Teams Up with Federal Budget Experts
The National Priorities Project is joining the Institute for Policy Studies to fight for a budget that prioritizes people over profit.