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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For people with experience in the military to serve on boards of defense contractors is appropriate enough, but for people who serve on the board of military contractors to lead the military is not appropriate. Yet that interaction has so become the norm.

Jan 13, 2021 · 1:39 PM UTC
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