Government Contracting: The Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America?
Our tax dollars don’t have to be feeding executive-suite greed and grasping.
How Military Contracting Hides Human Costs and Increases Inequality
Some 8,000 U.S. contractors have died abroad since 9/11, compared to 7,000 U.S. troops.
Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs
As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran, or anywhere, will persist.
For Military Contractors, Tax Day is Pay Day
Lockheed Martin’s CEO took home $20 million while enlisted soldiers got just $20,000. Why? Because corporations have hijacked the military.
Breaking Down the U.S. Military Budget
The U.S. federal budget is a cerebral subject, seemingly reserved for the technocratic elite to calculate, deconstruct, recompose, modify, and amend. But it affects people’s daily lives in profound ways, and not just in America.
Report: How Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2017
Our analysis found that the average taxpayer put in 29 working days in 2017 to pay Pentagon contractors.
The Little Agency That Could Have Tamed the Military-Industrial Complex
The Pentagon’s Office of Economic Adjustment mostly missed its chance to wean communities off America’s dependence on defense economics.
Defense Contractors Venture into Health Care
As funding for military contracts shrinks, major defense contractors have started to edge their way into the business of implementing health care reform.
Indefensible: The Truth about Pentagon Spending
A mountain of misleading rhetoric from big Pentagon contractors has buried the facts.
Lockheed Throws Its Weight Around (Again)
The powerful military contractor wants yet another government handout, and it has The Washington Post’s support.
A Dagger Pointed at Maryland’s Peace Movement
There’s nothing in Montgomery County’s local, non-binding peace resolution about firing Lockheed’s employees or tossing any corporations into the Potomac River.
Resolution against the Machine
One county dared to stand up to the military-industrial complex. The complex has fought back.
No More Deals with Unscrupulous Government Contractors
The top 100 federal contractors have racked up more than $20 billion in fines, penalties, and restitution in hundreds of instances of fraud and other kinds of misbehavior since 1995.
Review: Prophets of War
William Hartung hammers Lockheed Martin and the military-industrial complex in his new book.
Missile Defense Program Wasteful and Unnecessary
More money does not equal more security.