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.
Articles by Lindsay Koshgarian
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.
9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities
September 8, 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 2, 2021 | With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health
July 14, 2020 | Tanks and ships can’t save us from our greatest dangers, so let’s pay for the things that can.
Remember Trump’s Choices: War, Walls, and Wall Street
March 3, 2020 | There are few clearer ways to see an administration’s choices than its budget. Here’s what we found in the president’s.