Lawmakers Force Billions on Pentagon, Despite Pentagon
Mainstream media frames this as bureaucratic friction, but the narrative blindsides the obvious: follow the money. Congress continues to greenlight projects the Pentagon itself deemed unnecessary, like the absurdly over-budget LCS program. Why? Because the campaign contributions from defense contractors to politicians are not 'lobbying'—they're strategic investments ensuring a perpetual war
economy, regardless of actual defense needs. These are not 'handouts' as much as they are 'returns on investment' for the military-industrial complex. While Americans grapple with crumbling infrastructure and defunded social programs, our lawmakers are busy making sure defense contractors hit their quarterly earnings, even if it means forcing the Pentagon to take weaponry it doesn't want. It makes
one wonder: who exactly are these representatives serving, the American people or the shareholders of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin?