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Why I’m voting against the military budget

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Congress will overwhelmingly pass the National Defense Authorization Act , approving close to $900bn for the Department of Defense .

Defense contractors routinely overcharge the Pentagon by 40% and sometimes more than 4,000% .

Since 2022 , these four contractors have brought in $ 609bn in revenues, including $ 353bn in US taxpayer funds, and recorded $ 57bn in profits.

In this moment in history, it would be wise for us to remember what Dwight D Eisenhower , a former five -star general, said in his farewell address in 1961 : “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” What Eisenhower said was true in 1961 . It is even more true today . I will be voting against the military budget..

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