House members who supported increased military budget took more money from military contractors

Speaking Security Newsletter n°163 | 15 July 2022

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More than half of the annual military budget goes to military contractors. A portion of contractor profits are fed back into the political system to ensure a continuation of Pentagon largesse. A chunk of that is for campaign contributions to Congress.

Do these political donations matter? Sure looks that way.

-Stephen (@stephensemler; stephen@securityreform.org)

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