Reference: Cultures of Resistance–A Look at Global Militarization

by Cultures of Resistance Fri, Oct 22, 2010 4:32pm EST In 2009, the United States government spent some $650 billion on its military. This is more than the next 46 highest-spending countries combined. Much of this treasure ended up in the hands of profit-driven weapons manufacturers. In the following short film, Cultures of Resistance takes …

Reference: Citizen Groups Proposed Spending Cuts

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) and National Taxpayers Union (NTU) have joined together to propose a list of 30 specific recommendations to reform our future spending commitments. If enacted in their entirety, these changes would save taxpayers over $600 billion in total by 2015, the target date for the Fiscal Commission to …

Journal: Military Pay and Benefits–Three Solutions

As I See It — Fighting the Budget Shrug 2010/10/15 By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. A recent article in Christian Science Monitor on military health care costs identified, in microcosm, the battle we face in the coming years in defending the military community’s sunk investment in its future. After citing all DoD’s arguments that it’s …