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RE: US Spends More on Military Defense Than the Next 7 Countries COMBINED
To be fair, the vast majority of that money goes right back into the US economy. Trust me, I know! I own a firm that does work exclusively for the Dept. of Defense. The vast majority of the time the US gov't won't do business with any private sector business that has foreign ties or foreign ownership/leadership
I'm sure more than one will levy a "how dare you! part of the machine? really?"... Look at it how you want, I'm actively, legally, and directly taking my tax dollars back.
The US economy is not built on values that we admire. We prefer health and peace and wellbeing and honor, but money flowing through the war machine is not in support of that. The US govt is more than willing to do business with foreigners--just look at arms dealers Finmeccanica or the 100% privately owned Federal Reserve that is actually controlled by international bankers!
https://steemit.com/money/@quinneaker/the-truth-about-money-what-you-need-to-know-to-free-your-self-from-perpetual-debt
Is it not? Or do we pretend the values we admire are health, and peace, and wellbeing, and honor, when the values our culture and society clearly favor health-through-pharma, idolize gangsters and thugs, entertain ourselves with depictions of violence, and punish honorable behavior?
In regard to the MIC, the bulk of that money flow is with US based business. I have personally seen contracts END because a CANADIAN was placed on the executive board of a company...
Let me clarify: we at the Garden of Eden prefer health and peace and wellbeing, so we live according to those values, rather than participate in feeding the war machine. The larger society and culture does indeed endorses Big Pharma, the monopoly on violence, manipulation and control. At the end of the day, WE have to answer to ourselves, so we at the GOE choose not to participate in those dishonorable systems in any way.
I find that hard to believe. Do you have any credible proof of that? I'd love to explore what you're saying. But just because I can sell without your permission what you worked hard to pay for and in turn use the money to buy something useful does that make it okay?
I'm not sure what part of my post you want proof on. Where the money goes is a matter of public record. You can see how much each contract is worth and how much was expended. You can see who the contractors were. You can see who owns that company. That chunk is easy to determine. The black contracts are of course not a matter of public record, but because they are generally much more sensitive work you can reason the requirements get much more stringent.
Regarding your second point, what are you referring to? US sales of arms to foreign entities? Yes the US is a major arms exporter... the US Government however isn't the seller, it simply wields the power to approve or disapprove of sales. The actual sellers are your Lockheed Martins, Boeings, Raytheons, Northrup Grummans, etc. Their only affiliation with the federal gov't is that the federal gov't is their main customer.