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Originally Posted by WagnerX5
No one ever said that corporations had no say in military spending, you just attempt to oversimplify the issue.
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I never said profit is the only driving force behind war decisions. I said it is one of them, and I think that is terrible. Don't you? Do you think decisions regarding war (i.e. people's lives) should even have any influence at all from those who profit from war?
And what does it say when more than half of those on the Defense Policy Board (the group that advises the President on Defense Policy) are current or former board members of at least one of the top 10 Defense contractors? Do you not agree that this is a terrible thing?
I'm just pointing out that I think these increases in Defense spending are purely BS. Our military was plenty powerful last year and the year before that. Yet somehow spending goes up 10-20% per year and the military budget has managed to double itself in the last 5 years.