rssDefense Contractors Should Really Start Investing in Democrats
Monday, March 09, 2009 at 10:37 am
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A really good piece from The Washington Post yesterday points out that a ton of wasteful defense spending comes from congressional Democrats.
It was Democrats who stuffed an estimated $524 million in defense earmarks that the Pentagon did not request into the 2008 appropriations bill, about $220 million more than Republicans did, according to an independent estimate. Of the 44 senators who implored Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in January to build more F-22 Raptors — a fighter conceived during the Cold War that senior Pentagon officials say is not suited to probable 21st-century conflicts — most were Democrats.
There are few true certainties in this world, but one that comes close is that the defense lobby is going to pour a ton of money into Democratic and liberal members of Congress in order to stanch the anticipated bleeding from President Obama’s prospective procurement and acquisition reforms.
The piece points out how a key ally for a bunch of dubious programs — the F-22 fighter jet, the DDG-1000 destroyer — is Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), the liberal icon who sits on the Armed Services Committee. Now would definitely be the time to watch which Democrats are taking defense industry money.
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Comment posted March 9, 2009 @ 11:32 am
Once and for all, I wish people would get it right that Obama was not president in 2008. It's a new dawn of times. He will upset both sides, as he moves forward. He will try to unruvel their feathers, but will not stop to reform what needs to be reformed. Get use to it! Let's just watch BOTH sides take defense indultry money, should we! It seems just blameing one party has become a habit with these writters. they keep stirring up the party's against each other when our country is tanking. How about comeing up with some real good ideas, new and improve sensable arguements and new direction for our country for a change. That is what we want out of BOTH pollitical party's!
Comment posted March 9, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
Once and for all, I wish people would get it right that Obama was not president in 2008. It's a new dawn of times. He will upset both sides, as he moves forward. He will try to unruvel their feathers, but will not stop to reform what needs to be reformed. Get use to it! Let's just watch BOTH sides take defense indultry money, should we! It seems just blameing one party has become a habit with these writters. they keep stirring up the party's against each other when our country is tanking. How about comeing up with some real good ideas, new and improve sensable arguements and new direction for our country for a change. That is what we want out of BOTH pollitical party's!
Comment posted July 16, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
So, how's that hopey changey BS workin for ya?
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