taxpayer.net - 1/7/2009
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Of all the industries in line for a handout in this financially frightening time, the defense industry would seem to bring up the rear. After all, most defense companies saw their profits spike as the U.S. defense budget reached historic heights in recent years.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/10/2009
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President-elect Obama's campaign speeches often mentioned reducing the
influence of lobbyists and special interests on the federal...
government. WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama, who campaigned on lessening the influence of ...
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Obama picks defense lobbyist as deputy defense secretary
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A Pentagon Bail-Out?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Seriously? Taxpayers for Common Sense fisks Martin Feldstein: In a Wall Street Journal editorial published on Christmas Eve, Feldstein argues that plowing an extra $30 billion into DOD would produce 300,000 jobs. With all due respect to Dr. Feldstein, his reasons do not reflect the well-documented realities of the Pentagon budget. Feldstein recommends a “short-term surge” of at least $30 billion per
year in 2009 and 2010, followed by a sharp dropoff. About $20 billion
would go to procurement and research and $10 billion to operations,
presumably to support the thousands of troops he also wants to add. But
everyone knows money at ...
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