The Warfare State Compromises our Welfare / Lindsay Koshgarian & Ashik Siddique

02/06/2023 1h 42min
The Warfare State Compromises our Welfare / Lindsay Koshgarian & Ashik Siddique

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Lindsay Koshgarian and Ashik Siddique, co-authors of the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies report, “The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare. You can check out there report here: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2023/warfare-state-how-funding-militarism-compromises-our-welfare/

LIndsay Koshgarian is Lindsay's work and commentary on the federal budget and military spending has appeared on NPR, the BBC, CNN, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, and others. At NPP, her work is at the intersection of military and domestic federal spending.

Ashik Siddique is a research analyst for the National Priorities Project, working on analysis of the federal budget and military spending.

After the interview, Jeff fills us in on the codplast boom. Finally, Chuck and Will's favorite answer to this week's Question from Hell is revealed!