Budget

RAPID RESPONSE: Fund people’s needs, not ICE and wars

May 20, 2026 By People’s World

Tell Congress: Stop Trump and MAGA from robbing working-class families.

Psst: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)

May 13, 2026 By Robert Reich

One of the biggest reasons the federal debt has exploded is that tax cuts have reduced government revenues by trillions, and most of the benefits from those tax cuts are going to the wealthy.

‘Starving the Beast’ through war: MAGA’s class struggle strategy

April 15, 2026 By Ben Luongo

Increasing the U.S. military budget and fighting wars provide conservatives with a rationale to cut social spending.

Trump demands $1.5 trillion for war plus domestic cuts

April 6, 2026 By Mark Gruenberg

Amidst obscene and bellicose remarks, he pushes biggest military budget in U.S. history.

Detroit working class unites for a peoples’ city budget

April 2, 2026 By Noelle Belanger

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 teamed up with the State of Southwest Coalition to demand a city budget that prioritizes people’s needs over the greed of the billionaires.