Trump's Obscene War Machine
Vijay Prashad: This is the old 'guns vs. butter' scenario taught to young students in elementary economics classes. If economics is a matter of choices over scare resources, and if budgets are a way to project your values, then Trump has made his views clear – guns matter more than butter.
Reprinted with permission from AlterNet. A month into his presidency, Donald Trump announced that he would increase U.S. military spending by $54 billion. To do this, Trump said that he would cut the exact amount from the non-military, namely social, programs. The announcement came at the National Governor's Association, which is made up of state leaders…
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