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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
If they indeed give those contributions as you say; then they give enormous campaign contributions to those making the spending decisions on one side then turn around and give enormous campaign contributions to those making the spending decisions on the other side. Conclusion? Pointless, stupid, and any other negative adjective you would like to attach to it.
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Pointless? I don't think so. Genius? That would be a better adjective.
Results from such spending? A $700+ billion defense budget. Sounds like good results to me.
Money well spent:
http://www.opensecrets.org/industrie...p?ind=D&type=A
http://www.opensecrets.org/industrie...p?ind=D&type=P
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Last edited by Eric5273; 09-13-2007 at 12:40 AM.
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