It looks like the defense industry is having a pretty good sequester. Most of the big companies are beating the stock market average since the sequester began.
Tag Archives: military industrial complex
Everyone Loves the War Machine, Dems and the GOP Both Love Military Money
The military industrial complex is expansive. It reaches into every state, every Congressional District, every town. The US military is massive and since World War II has been an excellent way to “spread the wealth” especially for the GOP, which in theory is supposed to be for limited government spending.
Your Tax Dollars at Work : Check Out the New Tiny “Bug Bot” Drone from the Air Force
The Military is Big Government Too, “Defense” Prepares for Deep Cuts, It’s About Time
Every time I write about this topic, someone gets irritated and explains to me that “defense” is actually enumerated in the Constitution and so is a valid expenditure of taxpayer money.
John Maynard Keynes – “The Grand Experiment Has Begun.” (BBC Clip From the Early Days of World War II)
This brief clip is breathtaking. In it, the “master” explains that the long stretch of unemployment witnessed in the Depression may be ending and that even the employed may soon have fatter paychecks. “The grand experiment has begun.” Keynes says.
