The Cost of Occupation
What the CBO Report on National Guard Deployments Reveals About America’s Militarized Cities
When the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest estimate on January 28, 2026, it quietly confirmed something momentous: the U.S. government has already spent nearly half a billion dollars deploying National Guard troops and Marines into American cities, and that number could easily double in 2026 if current policies continue unchang…
