Posts Tagged ‘military spending’

If U.S. Military Spending Returned to 2001 Level

What if not just our civil liberties but our budget got a little bit of 2001 back? In 2001, U.S. military spending was $397 billion, from which it soared to a peak of $720 billion in 2010, and is now at $610 billion in 2015. These figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research […]

Military Spending Bill Expands Empire But Forbids Debate On War

Print Friendly On Friday the House passed a massive National Defense Authorization for 2016 that will guarantee US involvement in more wars and overseas interventions for years to come. The Republican majority resorted to trickery to evade the meager spending limitations imposed by the 2011 budget control act – limitations that did not, as often reported, […]

New Military Spending Bill Bolsters US Militarism, Destroys Economy

The 2016 National Defense Authorization passed by the House on Friday is aimed at bolstering the US’ interventionism overseas “for years to come,” warned Ron Paul, a former Republican congressman and two-time US presidential candidate. “The Republican majority resorted to trickery to evade the meager spending limitations imposed by the 2011 budget control act – limitations that did not, as often reported, cut […]

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