Judd Legum

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9. How is this level of spending sustained? Between 2014 and 2019, the GAO found that 14 major defense contractors "hired about 1,700 recent former DOD senior civilian and military officials. https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022

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8. But there is an entire bipartisan caucus dedicated to advocating for more spending on F-35s. So it's likely we'll be buying closer to 100 more F-35s when the budget is approved. https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022

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10. In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the military-industrial complex. If military spending increased at the pace of inflation over the last 61 years, the current military budget would be about $455 billion. https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022