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Hawks in Congress Willing to Shell Out Trillions for War, but Won't Help Americans Get Decent Health-Care

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. November 13, 2009.
Why?

Obama Touts the Money We'll Save with Health Reforms, While We Quietly Spend Billions on Bush's Wars

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. September 12, 2009.
The debates over health care reform and the war in Afghanistan are dogged by the same questions: What is the cost to us? How have our priorities changed?

Why Won't Lawmakers Give up Their F-22 Pipe Dreams?

dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2009.
Lawmakers are arguing that the addition of F-22 fighter jets, along with a second engine for F-35s, is vital to national security.

Krugman Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy on Job Creation and Defense Cuts

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 13, 2009.
GOP up in arms over jobs losses only when it comes to cuts in defense spending.

Obama's Serious About Taking an Axe to Corruption and Waste at the Pentagon

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
Obama has been devoting time to talk about defense spending reform, and has assembled a team to make sure it happens.

Hey Obama, Downsize This: 25% Slash for Defense Spending Needed Now

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. March 2, 2009.
With so many social programs desperately in need of better funding, progressive leaders are making a push to go after Pentagon budgets.

America Is Completely Broke, And Here We Are Funding Fantasy Wars at the Pentagon

Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. February 3, 2009.
Scam artists are making a huge fortune off inferior, poorly designed weapons.

Fighting the Greedy Defense Lobbyists: Our Schools vs. Their Worthless Weaponry

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 22, 2008.
With less money to go around, why burn it on stupid projects for the defense industry?

The Pentagon Represents Astounding Excess in Spending and Firepower: Can Obama Take it on?

Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. November 26, 2008.
Tackling the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Obama faces.

It's Time for a Trillion-Dollar Tag Sale at the Pentagon

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. October 29, 2008.
When we want to get serious about a long-term bailout strategy, we'll start dismantling the American empire and Pentagon programs.

Real National Security Begins at Home, Say Women Leaders

Adele Stan, Media Consortium. October 26, 2008.
The Pentagon sucks up 54 percent of the federal budget. Yet politicians rarely challenge it. It may take women to fix our defense priorities.

The American Empire's $650 Billion Bailout Already Passed Congress

Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. September 29, 2008.
If we don't cut back our ever-increasing military spending in a major way, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable.

Fund Health Care, Not War

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.
The old claims of a justified war in Iraq have melted away. So have promises of a humane society back at home.

How Many Oreo Cookies Does It Take to Bankrupt a Nation? [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 3, 2007.
Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen delivers a demonstration using Oreo cookies to illustrate what's wrong with America.

Why Can't We Talk about Peace in Public?

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. February 28, 2007.
America's growing economic dependence on the hi-tech defense industry is creating a culture that views peace and nonviolence as seditious concepts.

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