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Cut the Pentagon Budget, Not Social Security and Veterans' Benefits

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Social Security, Economic Policy Institute, Budget, Pentagon Budget, Robert Pollin, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Congressional Budget Office, Veterans, Mitt Romney Ryan Budget, Romney-Ryan Budget Cuts, Paul Ryan Defense Budget, Mitt Romney Defense, Romney-Ryan Budget, Politics News
Robert Naiman

It's not only on the tax side that Romney-Ryan budget policies favor the 1%, but also on the spending side. The majority of federal discretionary spending is now eaten up by the Pentagon budget.

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Romney-Ryan "Ploughshares to Swords" Budget Would Cost America At Least 530,000 Jobs

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Unemployment, Robert Reich, Military Spending, Budget, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Robert Pollin, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Military Cuts, Ryan Romney Budget, Paul Ryan Budget, Video, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to cut domestic spending in order to increase military spending. Regardless of whatever else may be true, their plans to cut domestic spending in order to increase military spending would cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs.

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