Contrary to Kleptocracy-scripted CNN newsbytes, the United States Debt Debate is NOT just the false choice between raising taxes on the rich versus lowering Medicare for the poor: What always goes unmentioned is Military Pork. Here’s what the Department of Defense (DoD) paid out in just one day on 30 June:
http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4568
And here’s what they paid out in just the month of June:
http://www.defense.gov/Contracts/default.aspx
And here’s what they paid out since 7 October 1994:
http://www.defense.gov/contracts/archive.aspx
$4 trillion for Iraq and AfPak alone:
http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/06/warcosts
Much of that going to multinational corporate giants that pay little if any taxes:
http://washingtontechnology.com/GIG/washingtontechnology/TopLists/Top-100-Lists/2010.aspx
Many of whom have a long history of defrauding the taxpayers:
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm
Including Lockheed-Martin: First in funding … First in fraud:
http://watchingfrogsboil.com/dod-daily-doles-to-lockheed-martin-first-in-f
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