President Obama's Budget: Five Small Steps Forward, One Big Step Back
Category: POLITICS
Unfortunately, this year's budget continues the harmful framework imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011 of "trading off" defense spending with domestic needs. Once again, increased defense spending has been blindly offered to balance an equal amount of increased investment in job creation and training, education, climate change, and other priorities combined.
By Doug Hall, ContributorExecutive Director, National Priorities Project, 2015-02-20