Ashik Siddique, research analyst at the National Priorities Project, which is a part of the Institute for Justice and Peace, comes on the show to discuss the federal budget and why "somehow there's always more money to go to war." 

The Project conducts research on fund allocation and advocates for the redistribution of military funds to programs that are "socially useful." Read Siddique's latest article More Military Money, More Problems at https://rosalux.nyc/more-military-money-more-problems/.