Budget, Values, and Militarism: Aligning our Budgets with our Priorities Mass Peace Action MIT, Cambridge, MA November 8, 2014 Douglas Hall, Ph.D. Executive Director, National Priorities Project www.nationalpriorites.org
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Budget, Values, and Militarism: Aligning our Budgets with our Priorities
Mass Peace ActionMIT, Cambridge, MANovember 8, 2014
Douglas Hall, Ph.D. Executive Director, National Priorities Project
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People’s Guide to the Federal Budget Federal Budget 101 & Local Data http://nationalpriorities.org
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Where did your 2013 federal income tax dollars go?
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Military and Non-Military Discretionary Spending
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2009 Recovery Act
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Source: OMBNational Priorities Project
Est. $640 bnin 2015
Est. $519 bnin 2015
$1.75 trillionsince 2001
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Connecting the dots…
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The Meter is Running
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As of October 7, 2014
…And Running…
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Cost of [REAL] National Security
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“Mission Creep” => “Budget Creep”
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Data & Tools
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Trade-Offs
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Kansas City: $88 million for Homeland Security in FY 2014
That’s 10 years of VA care for 500 vets and 500 Head Start slots for 10 years