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The Pentagon Budget as Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers
By William Hartung (with introduction by TomDispatch) Source: TomDispatch.com What company gets the most money from the U.S. government? The answer: the weapons maker Lockheed Martin. As the Washington Post recently reported, of its $51 billion in sales in 2017, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Corporate Welfare, Defense Spending, Domestic Spending, Donald Trump, economic crisis, empire, F-35, geopolitics, iraq, Jim Mattis, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Militarism, Military Contractors, military spending, Pakistan, Pentagon Budget, Reagonomics, Somalia, Syria, Tax Giveaways, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Yemen
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The Fear Driving US Nuclear Strategy
By Robert J. Burrowes The United States Department of Defense released its latest ‘Nuclear Posture Review 2018’ (NPR) on 2 February, updating the last one issued in 2010 during the previous administration. See ‘Nuclear Posture Review 2018’. The Executive Summary … Continue reading
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Tagged arms race, china, Distraction, fear, General H. R. McMaster, Jim Mattis, John Kelly, North Korea, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, psychology, Russia, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Foreign Policy, Violence, war
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