Military Industrial Complex
Why military budget watchdogs fail, and how they can start to win
Progressives have to shed politically-charged projects and identify budget issues and personalities with bipartisan appeal.
May 02, 2022
Winslow T. Wheeler
Military Industrial Complex
Wiggy data, fuzzy math, and tired DoD budget projection ruses
The only one who loses is the taxpayer —because everything is rigged to get more for the next year, and none of it is ever returned.
April 07, 2022
Military Industrial Complex
Defiant Pentagon hides poor testing results behind phony firewall
Defense contractors and program advocates have unusual control over what the public sees, leading to bad oversight, or worse.
February 03, 2022
Military Industrial Complex
The DoD's latest blue-ribbon commission farce
A new panel buried in the NDAA will likely be run by arms contractors, blobby think tankers, and pols who could care less about budget reform.
December 13, 2021
Military Industrial Complex
The New York Times' should be ashamed of its feeble defense of the F-35 boondoggle
The editorial page says the over-trillion dollar disaster is 'too pricey to fail' and makes up excuses for keeping it around.
March 23, 2021
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