U.S. Budget

How Congress Loots the Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

December 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Militarism, U.S. Budget, US Military

by Nicolas J.S. Davies and Medea Benjamin Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected officials are preparing to hand the lion’s share – over 65% – of federal discretionary spending to the[…]

Biden’s Promised Build Back Better Legislation Crashes

November 3, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, November 3, 2021 After months of political hype President Joseph Biden’s touted top legislative priorities have been gutted beyond recognition. For the better part of a year he and the Democrats toured the country saturating the corporate news media with legislative promises to Build Back Better now. In the context of a COVID-19-wounded nation, frozen wages, a[…]

Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?

October 6, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, US Politics, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, October 6, 2021 The fiscal priorities of Congress are way out of sync with the needs and interests of the people. We need to make our needs and wishes known to Congress in a way that they cannot ignore them. With Biden’s ‘green’ infrastructure bill already whittled down to business as usual[…]

U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

September 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Europe, U.S. Budget

by Nicolas J. S. Davies and Medea Benjamin, September 22, 2021 President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead not just with the example of our power but,[…]

Bill to Give Israel Billions of Dollars Passes House, Now on to Senate

August 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel, U.S. Budget

by Alison Weir, published on Israel/Palestine News, August 1, 2021 While US Citizens go homeless and hungry, Israel receives billions from our government. This bill passed while the eviction moratorium was dropped and then only partially resuscitated the day before members of congress went on vacation. US citizens can fend for themselves while Israelis are well supported. [jb] A[…]

Biden’s $Trillion Taxing the Rich Social Infrastructure Charade Crumbles

July 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Capitalism, The War at Home, U.S. Budget

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 18, 2021 Today the New York Times announced that the modified (gutted) bill had passed the Senate. The Biden administration is claiming success in bipartisan collaboration. [jb] If we are to believe the almost daily front-page major media headlines, President Joseph Biden has embarked on an historic congressional battle to massively fund[…]

Biden Must Reprogram Funds for Subversion in Cuba

March 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Budget, US Government Action

By Alejandra Garcia, published on Resumen English, March 3, 2021 Of the never-ending list of U.S. measures against Cuba, much is said about the six-decade economic blockade. However, less attention is paid to the former U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to maintain the program that has allocated over $250 million in the last twenty years to covert subversion operations against[…]

Grading Trump on Foreign Policy

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, US Borders

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action, December 30, 2020 Huge Military Budgets, Covert Operations, Drones and Assassinations—but hey, at least he didn’t start another major war By any objective measure, Donald Trump has been one of the worst presidents in American history. His administration exacerbated inequalities, fomented social divisions, encouraged nativist and white supremacist groups, gutted environmental protections, mishandled[…]

Covid-19 catch-22: Regime-change policies come packed with US pandemic relief

December 27, 2020 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, US Politics, War on the Earth

by Alexander Rubenstein and Jeb Sprague, published on The Grayzone, December 20, 2020 Ed Note: I just saw an article ‘fact checking’ the contention that the monies for ‘foreign policy’ are ‘in’ the COVID relief bill. Please focus on the fact that these other expenses are in the huge ‘omnibus’ spending bill that was, as Rubenstein and Sprague assert “debated[…]

Time to Build a Movement to Cut Runaway Military Spending

December 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Human Rights, Public Health, Statement, U.S. Budget, US Military

Statement from U.S. Peace Council, August 3 2020 This statement was written last summer but the reality that drives it is more pertinent than ever. We need to update these issues. While Congress continues to bicker over whether or not to proceed and how they might proceed with monies to address the COVID-19 crisis, they calmly support budgeting hundreds of[…]