Listen here. This week, John Cappel joins Michael to discuss the Overseas Contingency Operations budget. Cappel work on Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense (BFAD) at the Stimson Center. John and his colleague, Russel Rumbaugh,…
Listen here. Jonathan Bydlak and Rebekah Johansen of Coalition to Reduce Spending join Michael to talk about their organization. The Coalition attacks spending like Grover Norquist‘s Group, Americans for Tax Reform, attacks taxes. The…
Listen here. The F-35 fighter-bomber was grounded again this week — the most expensive weapons system in history is too dangerous to fly. Is the F-35 a high-tech requirement for…
The Defense Department has requested nearly $60 billion for overseas contingency operations. That’s in addition to the nearly $500 billion already requested for fiscal year 2015. Ryan Alexander, president of…
Listen here. Wendy Jordan, Senior analyst for Taxpayers for Common Sense, talks “turkey” about the F-35 in her new report, “The Unaffordable F-35.” The report comes completely from unclassified, open…