Pentagon Spending

The Pentagon’s budget is already at historic highs—nearly $900 billion annually. If these current budget trends continue, Congress is on the path to increase the total Pentagon budget beyond $1 trillion per year. 

This is a massive giveaway to military contractors, who rake in record-breaking profits while the Pentagon itself repeatedly fails audits and struggles with waste and inefficiency. Meanwhile, urgent domestic priorities — like affordable housing, food subsidies, healthcare, and education — are under threat as lawmakers look for ways to pay for the ballooning Pentagon budget. 

More Money for the Pentagon, Less for Our Communities 

Every additional dollar funneled to the Pentagon is a dollar that could fund programs to help everyday Americans. Instead of addressing pressing human needs, increasing the Pentagon budget would further entrench wasteful spending on weapons systems, cost overruns, and contracts that enrich weapons manufacturers and corporate CEOs. 

Year after year, the Pentagon: 

• Fails to account for its own spending. It has failed seven consecutive audits, unable to track trillions of dollars in assets. 
• Spends more than the next nine countries’ militaries combined. This includes more than three times what China spends annually on its military. 
• Lines the pockets of military contractors. Nearly half of the Pentagon’s budget goes directly to private industry, not to service members or their families. 

Despite these glaring issues, some members of Congress are pushing for a Pentagon budget increase larger than anything seen in recent history. 

This Is a Choice. Our Budget Reflects Our Morals

A trillion-dollar Pentagon budget isn’t about keeping Americans safe — it’s about prioritizing defense contractors’ desires over the needs of the American people. Without public opposition, Congress will continue to sacrifice essential domestic programs to fuel ever-growing funding for weapons and war. Congress should be investing in what truly strengthens our communities. It’s time for Congress to put the United States on a more just and peaceful path by ending the massive overspending on the Pentagon.