Date posted: September 18, 2013
» These findings reflect the most consistent recent information across all data sources » Between 2005 and 2009, the Federal government spent over $705 billion in national defense investments across the Southwest region of the United States » These investments in national defense directly and indirectly supported over (more…)
Date posted: February 27, 2013
From The Hill 02/27/2013 By: Dennis M. Kenneally and Pete Wilson When in 2011 the Democratic Senate and the Republican House of Representatives could not agree on how to reduce federal spending and ever mounting unaffordable debt, the president proposed and Congress approved the “sequester” to break the impasse. It (more…)
Date posted: February 5, 2013
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Date posted: December 31, 2012
By: Joyce Lobeck The Yuma Sun December 31, 2012 12:12 PM View Article A military advocacy group is sounding the alarm that if a budget deal is not made, mandated defense cuts would cost Arizona thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic output. Current tax rates that (more…)
Date posted: November 29, 2012
(DO NOT DISTRIBUTE BEFORE 11/29/12) NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEQUESTRATION PLUS EARLIER MANDATED DEFENSE CUTS TO HIT CALIFORNIA HARD IN NEXT 8 YEARS; STATE WILL LOSE 336,000 DEFENSE-RELATED JOBS, $21 BILLION IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT AND $6.9 BILLION IN PERSONAL EARNINGS Southern California Leadership Council, Southwest Defense Alliance Release Study (more…)