"Incestuous relationship" of military, contractors, Congress


	"Incestuous relationship" of military, contractors, Congress

masbury

10-12-2008 6:39 PM

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military, congress, contractors, fraud

masbury says:

Here's where some big bucks can be saved. We don't appear to have addressed what Eisenhower so long ago labeled "the military-industrial complex."

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10-12-2008 8:59 PM

Kauaiguy

The only winners in this economy have been the oil companies and the military contractors.

10-13-2008 3:43 PM

spirithiker

Mr. Cantrell appears to have learned the game and played it very deftly.

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