Last Year, You Spent More Than a Month’s Rent on Pentagon Contractors
April 10, 2024 | A dollar by dollar look at how our taxes enrich military contractors — at the expense of things that actually make us secure.
Articles by Lindsay Koshgarian
The Pentagon Just Can’t Pass an Audit
November 29, 2023 | Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion — not the programs Americans rely on.
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.
Breaking Down Your Tax Bill
April 19, 2023 | Our tax dollars should make life better, not go to waste. But the average taxpayer had to shell out over $1,000 for military contractors alone last year.
We Need a Smaller Pentagon
December 7, 2022 | Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $858 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.
Only in Top Gun Can the Military Solve All Our Problems
June 14, 2022 | In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.
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?
Our Military Budget Is More Lopsided Than Ever
March 16, 2022 | Spending 12 times as much on our military as Russia didn’t prevent a war in Europe. It just deprived us of resources at home.