We're all complicit in the 1% endless pursuit of wealth and power.

Whether we like it or not.

https://otherwords.org/last-year-you-spent-more-than-a-months-rent-on-pentagon-contractors/

https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/11/last-year-you-spent-more-than-a-months-rent-on-pentagon-contractors/ 

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Last Year, You Spent More Than a Month’s Rent on Pentagon Contractors

A dollar by dollar look at how our taxes enrich military contractors — at the expense of things that actually make us secure.

By Lindsay Koshgarian | April 10, 2024

 

1. Pentagon contractors ($1,759) vs. the Child Tax Credit ($110).

2. Lockheed Martin ($249) vs. renewable energy ($11). 

3. Boeing ($87) vs. the Federal Aviation Administration ($23).

4. Federal prisons ($32.29) vs. substance use and mental health programs ($31.69).

5. Foreign militaries ($112) vs. wildfire management ($14).