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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“We keep feeding the machine of brute force-while withholding from the agencies of soul force...”
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760 billion is nothing these days we pass 1 trillion dollar bills like it's nothing anymore.
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$760B defense budget and yet Duck Dynasty & a Chebacca bikini whack job were able to storm and take over the capitol. Seems money isn't the problem with our national defense and it's be better spent on other things like education and Healthcare
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The average United States citizen just doesn't know ... because they tuned out years ago ... they need to be tuned back in ... Our defense budget is equal to or greater than the Eleven (11) largest countires in the world ... COMBINED!
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WHY DO WE HAVE A 760 B DEFENSE BUDGET IF SHE CAN GET INTO THE CAPITAL
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Not that it matters but “Record High Say U.S. Defense Spending Is "About Right" news.gallup.com/poll/288761/…

Record High Say U.S. Defense Spending Is "About Right"

Fifty percent of Americans, a new high in Gallup's 51-year trend, say U.S. defense spending is "about right."

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