Fiscal conservatives have been sounding the alarm about endemic federal deficits for years, but many also support the $95 billion supplemental foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan now before Congress. Can supplemental military spending be reconciled with budget balancing? Conservative hawks think so, but their faith is not supported by budget and political realities. … Continue reading “Do Fiscal Hawkery and Supplemental Military Packages Mix?”
Marc D. Joffe
Should US Taxpayers Cover Ukraine’s Pensions?
Thus far, the US federal government has spent about $9 billion on Ukrainian pensions. If Congress approves President Biden’s next supplemental aid package, the Ukrainian pension payments will continue at a rate of up to $600 million per month. Previous reports of this spending have raised eyebrows. Critics argue that the US should shore up … Continue reading “Should US Taxpayers Cover Ukraine’s Pensions?”
Vietnam’s Rise Offers Lessons for Other International Pariahs
Forty-five years after the last US forces pulled out, Vietnam’s economy is thriving. The nominally Marxist nation is home to a privately built 81-story skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, a Cancun-like string of resort hotels in Da Nang and a raucous nightlife in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. In the years immediately after Saigon’s fall, things … Continue reading “Vietnam’s Rise Offers Lessons for Other International Pariahs”
What the Media Aren’t Telling You About Turkey and the Kurds
Mainstream media are taking occasional breaks from 24/7 impeachment coverage this month to lambaste the Trump Administration for abandoning our Syrian Kurdish allies at the insistence of Turkey’s despotic rulers. Since the original withdrawal announcement, Administration policy has taken on a helter-skelter quality: rushing out sanctions, threatening airstrikes and deploying troops elsewhere in the Middle … Continue reading “What the Media Aren’t Telling You About Turkey and the Kurds”
Turning Around the
Antiwar Movement
The neocons are still winning. Four and a half years after the neocons tricked the nation into launching the most foolish military adventure in its history, the U.S. military continues to execute their policies. The occupation of Iraq and the six-year occupation of Afghanistan continue with no end in sight, and preparations for war with … Continue reading “Turning Around the
Antiwar Movement”
Antiwar Movement”