Peace Notes Summer 2023
The latest PEC newsletter is out! We discuss the current state of gun violence prevention laws, military spending, upcoming local events, and the too-dang high rent!
Tag: military spending
Hartung & Gledhill, Throwing More Money at the Pentagon
More than half of the taxpayer dollars that Congress appropriates every year now goes into what passes for “defense” in this country.
The Immorality of the U.S. Government’s Budget
April, the month tax filings are due, prompts us to ponder what our income taxes pay for. Are they used to provide all citizens sufficient resources and public goods for human security and well-being — the core of our national security?
A Prohibition Whose Time is Now
On July 7th, the UN passed the Nuclear Prohibition Treaty. A treaty the US will not join any time soon, just as it hasn’t joined many other global agreements including: Convention on Cluster Munitions Ottawa Treaty (Mine ban) International Criminal …
The Sky is the Limit
The Sky’s the Limit when it Comes to Military Spending The Senate and House Armed Services Committees are honing their versions of the military spending budget for 2018 this week. While the administration is seeking a $54 billion increase, …
Budget Policy: What Do We Value?
Budget Policy: What do we value?
March 28, 2017 – 7pm-9pm East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823 Professor Charles Ballard, MSU Economics, will provide an overview of the federal budget including trends, revenue streams and expenditures. This is the first of …