Campaign cash from military industry subsidizes bad politics

Speaking Security Newsletter | Advisory Note for Organizers and Candidates, n°138 | 8 December 2021

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Situation

The House passed the NDAA last night, 363-70, which authorizes the Pentagon to spend $778 billion in fiscal year 2022.

Corrupted redistribution of wealth

Of that $778 billion, over half will be delivered to for-profit companies via contracts. And, eventually, a portion of that money will find its way back to Congress via campaign donations from those military contractors — disproportionately to the members who are both friendly and useful to the weapons industry. We saw this theme play out with last night’s vote.

Stephen (@stephensemler; stephen@securityreform.org)

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