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      U.S. President Joe Biden

      Aside From the Military Bloat, Biden Budget Is Worth Celebrating

      Keeping in mind the 140 million people who struggle to make ends meet in this country, Biden's proposed social investments—primarily paid for by increased taxes on the wealthiest—would be a solid step in the right direction.

      Karen Dolan
      Mar 16, 2023

      How can we measure what our leaders value? One way is to look at their budgets.

      On March 9, President Biden rolled out a budget proposal that he’ll ask Congress to consider. Presidential budget proposals seldom pass in the form they’re presented, but they offer clues about what the White House is willing to fight for.

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      U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan

      Objecting to One of the Highest US Military Budgets in History

      The spending requested by Biden is on par with expenditures at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars—even though those wars officially ended with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly two years ago.

      Lindsay Koshgarian
      Mar 16, 2023

      Last week, the White House released President Biden’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1 of 2023.

      As usual, the biggest portion of the discretionary budget request—52 percent—was for military spending.

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      Soldier looks on as US army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters fly over

      Insanity Continues as Pentagon Spending Moves Ever Closer to $1 Trillion

      The Pentagon doesn’t need more spending. It needs more spending discipline, tied to a realistic strategy that sets clear priorities and acknowledges that some of the greatest risks we face are not military in nature.

      William Hartung
      Mar 10, 2023

      The Pentagon released its budget request for Fiscal Year 2024 Thursday. The figure for the Pentagon alone is a hefty $842 billion. That’s $69 billion more than the $773 billion the department requested for Fiscal Year 2023.

      Total spending on national defense — including work on nuclear weapons at the Department of Energy — comes in at $886 billion. Adding in likely emergency military aid packages for Ukraine later this year plus the potential tens of billions of dollars in Congressional add-ons could push total spending for national defense to as much as $950 billion or more for FY 2024. The result could be the highest military budget since World War II, far higher than at the peaks of the Korean or Vietnam Wars or the height of the Cold War.

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