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sweetroxie Donating Member (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 03:37 AM
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The Other Bailout:The Pentagon Bailout Fraud
We Have the Money
If Only We Didn't Waste It on the Defense Budget
By Chalmers Johnson

There has been much moaning, air-sucking, and outrage about the $700 billion that the U.S. government is thinking of throwing away on rich New York bankers who have been ripping us off for the past few years and then letting greed drive their businesses into a variety of ditches. In fact, we dole out similar amounts of money every year in the form of payoffs to the armed services, the military-industrial complex, and powerful senators and representatives allied with the Pentagon.

Read more: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174982/chalmers_johnson_the_pentagon_bailout_fraud
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