Who cares if old people go hungry if the military-industrial complex can celebrate, right? That’s basically the upshot of Trump throwing a $54 billion increase the Pentagon’s way—even if there is no clear idea what to do with the money, it’s champagne time for the war machine. I go in-depth with two experts on this […]
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Episode 22: A $54 Billion Strangeloveian Kiss Because The Pentagon Needs More Toys.
Posted on 22 March 2017.
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The Times’ “Balanced Approach” Will Cost Lives
Posted on 28 July 2011.
Here is part of our predicament. The Tea Party-Republican wing of the political space is filled with lunatics–they want to turn the country back to the 1920s. Too many Democrats have forgotten what it once meant to be a "Democrat". But, the plague of disinformation and stupidity that will cost people their lives is […]
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Where Did The Money Go? Ten Year War Costs: $4.4 Trillion
Posted on 30 June 2011.
Math is a pretty simple thing–except if you are an elected member of Congress engaging in misdirection, blaming the wrong people and a healthy dose of cognitive dissonance (which requires that you reconcile conflicting realities by blaming, justifying or denying the truth). Which brings us to: why do we have deficits? Well, at least […]
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War or Teachers: The Choice Before Us
Posted on 26 May 2010.
My refrain, whenever I hear about the "deficits", is very simple: we have plenty of money. We are the richest nation in human history. The problem is our priorities. And this week it boils down to this: do we want war or do we want teachers who will make our kids ready for the future? […]
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Teaching Kids Held Hostage To Killing People
Posted on 19 May 2010.
In the dysfunctional world of politics, games are played that no normal person would think makes sense. Right now, one of those games is being played out in astonishing fashion: Congress is being told that if it wants money for teachers, Haiti reconstruction and other good social needs, it has to vote for billions […]
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What We Could Spend Afghanistan War Money On
Posted on 15 April 2010.
Tax Day is approaching. I did a little exercise, thanks to National Priorities Project, about what we could do with the money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s worth thinking about since there is more money about to be wasted on the Afghanistan quagmire. I chose New York. According to the […]
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The Deficit Zealots and Their Media Enablers
Posted on 18 February 2010.
I understand why many people do not expect much from most of the traditional media–particularly The New York Times. People don’t get the sense that the traditional media can get out of its own insular thinking to do hard, independent reporting about the facts. The newest drumbeat being pushed by the traditional media […]
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