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**prehighaltitudesjj** · 11-22-2011, 07:42 PM

The reason the military budget is such a sacred crow is simple. Defence contractors are important special interest groups who contribute tons of money to our our legislators. No one is willing to compromise their campaign treasure chests by bucking the interests of this strong lobby group.

It is all about special interests and campaign financing. Serving the people's interest is just not a priority for our legislators; getting re-elected is and it takes money to do that. The system is broken and may be beyond repair.

Congress sucks.

I will grant you that 100%, but where is the popular dissent? How is it that the electorate has been brainwashed to equate .6 trillion dollars per year with the amount necessary to "keep us safe". It's got to be vietnam guilt carryover for crappy treatment of the troops

11-22-2011, 07:42 PM	#9
prehighaltitudesjj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	The reason the military budget is such a sacred crow is simple. Defence contractors are important special interest groups who contribute tons of money to our our legislators. No one is willing to compromise their campaign treasure chests by bucking the interests of this strong lobby group. It is all about special interests and campaign financing. Serving the people's interest is just not a priority for our legislators; getting re-elected is and it takes money to do that. The system is broken and may be beyond repair. Congress sucks. I will grant you that 100%, but where is the popular dissent? How is it that the electorate has been brainwashed to equate .6 trillion dollars per year with the amount necessary to "keep us safe". It's got to be vietnam guilt carryover for crappy treatment of the troops
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