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Putting Americans Ahead of Defense Contractor Profits
America is exceptional...when it comes to war profiteering. Ever since the Supreme Court said that defense contractors can buy off politicians left and right, business has been booming for the defense industry.
America's defense spending today is higher than at any time since the height of World War II. As you might expect, all of that spending has made U.S. defense contractors very, very rich.
A new report finds that U.S. defense contractors are behind a staggering one-third of all military equipment and weapons exported world-wide. And, not surprisingly, U.S. defense contractors are profiting quite nicely from tensions in the Middle East.
The IHS report found that U.S. contractors accounted for a whopping $8.4 billion in military exports to the Middle East in 2014 alone. That's compared to $6 billion in 2013. But as we all know, defense contractors are very greedy. They're always looking for a new way to make more money, even if that means drumming up a war or two.
So now, they're using their shills in Washington, our elected officials and politicians, to encourage other countries to spend more on defense just so defense contractors can pad their already ballooning wallets. That's where U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power comes in.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's "Today" program, Power sounded the alarm bells over Europe's decreasing defense spending. Power said that cuts to defense budgets across Europe are "concerning" and warned that, "The number of missions that require advanced militaries to contribute around the world is growing not shrinking."
-Thom
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