Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
The projected Social Security shortfall reflects decades of upward income redistribution and is significantly smaller than the military spending increase proposed by the Trump administration.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Trump’s military spending proposal would dramatically increase defense costs while far exceeding the price of many domestic programs that often receive greater scrutiny.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Trump’s massive military budget proposal highlights how enormous spending increases often go underexamined without meaningful context.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Trump’s focus on military spending over health care highlights a costly shift away from programs Americans rely on.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
The war with Iran is not only a humanitarian crisis but a costly economic shock, raising prices, straining global supplies, and locking the US into higher military spending for years.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
The Trump administration reportedly wants $200 billion for its war on Iran. Over the past year, they have cut spending — mostly on health care and food assistance — equal to that amount.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Trump’s proposed $200 billion for war in Iran represents a significant share of the federal budget, far exceeding commonly debated spending items and highlighting how misleading raw dollar figures can be without context.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Media are not doing a good job explaining the ways that Trump lies about the economy.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Donald Trump is proposing to give out $2,000 tariff ‘rebate checks,’ but will anyone check the math on this gimmick?
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Trump’s ‘tariff checks’ idea would add billions to the deficit. Reporters should be able to make this clear.
