Read it and weep or read it and seethe. But make sure you read it. thehill.com/policy/defense/5…

Biden Pentagon pick could make up to $1.7M from leaving Raytheon

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be Defense secretary, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, stands to make up to $1.7 million when he leaves the board of defense contractor Raytheon Technologies Corp. i…

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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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After those “lock them up” “IMPEACH” twitter rants, you don’t get to talk about peace...well you can, but it rings hollow...and fake.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Paleoconservatives hate the war machine as well
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Same w/ pharma. Hospitals exist to market drugs. Healing people is a rare and u fortunate side effect that sometimes sadly deprives big pharma of revenue.
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Definitely not going along with the get-along that leaves the public without a grip. If our tax dollars are used for protection we should be more engaged. @warresistersint A #DepartmentOfPeace has been needed for decades.