Defense contractors have such a hold on American military policy that an element of war profiteering is laced into the way we function. We need a movement for peace that is equivalent to the environmental movement. The Right is okay with what is & the Left has basically given up.
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We have such a war economy that $.53 of every $ spent is defense related. But money spent on education & infrastructure is actually a more lucrative investment & defense jobs could be re-purposed for peace-related activities. We need to move from a war economy to a peace economy
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Why do we have a $760B defense budget while some of our schools don’t even have school supplies & people lack healthcare? In part because we spend hundreds of billions of dollars every year above & beyond what the Pentagon even says it needs. This has nothing to do with security!
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You know I don't mind politicians profiting in plain sight. It's to be expected. It's more important they do their job right and make sure to benefit the people as well. That maybe low expectations but we need to take baby steps.
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I don’t blame the general, but this type of thing needs to stop.
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The damn revolving door!
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Different establishment President, Different swamp.
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He was selected because he's black ... but he's the wrong guy ... have the courage to say ... NO!
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Biden selected him because he's black ... but look deeper than his skin color ... My God ... he's on the board of Raytheon ... Isn't that a confilct of interest? ... have the courage to ... SAY NO!
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We need to choose someone else!
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It's his money because he will divest unlike the Trumps when they took office!!!!!
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I really don’t understand the left sometimes. When did get to the point where making money is bad? His qualifications is what matters. Judge him when he’s on the job.
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Funny: I used to wk for Raytheon as an administrator on mahogany row briefly, saw a lot & hated it!!!
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