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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The People need to wake up ... and then educated!
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More lucrative for whom?
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"many industrialists...agreed...in 1944 that the national goal must be 'a permanent war economy.'” texasobserver.org/598-lets-t…
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Yes! It's time for #USDepartmentOfPeace 🕊️ marianne2020.com/u-s-departm…
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They'll block a politician who's anti-war. That's why Bernie keeps keeping screwed along with every human on the planet
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Yes! One of my favorite Yang policies was the Legion of Builders and Destroyers. We don’t need to cut military spending, but rather treat it like the well-established federal jobs program that it is and refocus it. America’s crumbling infrastructure is legitimate security threat.
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Yes let’s just hand ourselves to the CCP on a silver platter with apples stuffed into our mouths. I mean why not? Wanna make a bet how long it takes for the Dems to take us back to war? They love war the most!