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What America's Budget Says About Its Priorities: Military Spending vs. Homelessness

America faces real security threats. It also spends on defense at a scale almost no domestic program approaches. The more useful question is not whether national defense matters, but whether the Pentagon can spend far less wastefully—and what even a small efficiency gain could accomplish at home.

Garrett Pearn 10/9/22 Garrett Pearn 10/9/22

A Reasonable Compromise on Abortion