Military Budget

After over a decade of war, it is time to shift national priorities and do away with the Pentagon's uncapped war expenses slush fund, the “Overseas Contingency Operations” fund.

“We've acquired our enormous wealth and power for the few, but the day when we must hand over our national soul is quickly approaching. ”

Norman Solomon gives a review of some political habits America can kick in 2013.

For starters: Reduce military waste. Stop subsidizing polluters. Tax financial transactions and carbon.

Imagine what a maverick GOP senator could accomplish if he joined forces with a muckraking journalist to get the facts on the bloated DoD budget.

Ill-conceived weapons continue to suck taxpayer dollars - the majority of the discretionary portion of the federal budget, in fact.

Legislators are likely to punt the deadline for cuts to the new Congress.

Number five: The “six studies” that Romney cites in defense of his tax plan are actually 3 blog posts, 2 right-wing reports and 1 op-ed.

War or no war, this budget just keeps growing in real terms, despite the rise and fall of threats, despite what the rest of the world was spending on …

I want to talk about the reality of making some real changes in the DoD auditing and the budget, and what could work for people like me who have …