Throwing more tax dollars at the Pentagon won’t make us safer

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April 15th is tax day — a good day to reflect on how the federal government is spending your money. With all the wars and war talk dominating the DC discourse, from debates about supplying weapons to Ukraine and Israel to talking tough about being able to “win” a war with China, it may not surprise you to learn that the Pentagon is consuming a large and growing share of your tax dollars. If current trends continue, the Pentagon budget could hit $1 trillion or more in the next year or two. A new analysis from the National Priorities Project...