Surprise: today’s ‘must pass’ CR bill includes defense company goodies
Congress padded Biden’s request for $12.3 billion in Ukraine aid, adding money for contractors and the other line items for the military.
Congress padded Biden’s request for $12.3 billion in Ukraine aid, adding money for contractors and the other line items for the military.
This goes far beyond the future utility of aircraft carriers. The culture and leadership are diminishing the force’s maritime dominance, too.
Digging in for the long war apparently needs a constant replenishment of funds, even before the last $20 billion is fully spent.
New protocols seeking to make US military operations more ethical and compassionate have the awkward effect of legitimizing them.
A housing crisis is hitting all Americans, but that’s no excuse for the US government to leave its military families struggling like this.
Now begins Pentagon budget season and with it, a long wish list and efforts to justify massive increases.
‘Offensive’: We ask them to fight our wars abroad but a new report finds our service members can’t afford the basics at home.
If history is any guide, these military surplus transfers demand more careful consideration than they are getting.
For decades the Center for Defense Information was filled with former top military brass providing checks and shaping policies.
Progressives have to shed politically-charged projects and identify budget issues and personalities with bipartisan appeal.
Lawmakers find out that the DoD’s premier fighter can’t pass tests and will cost $1.3 trillion over its lifetime to sustain.
A DoD report says there are 90 percent fewer prime defense contractors today. Senator Warren says this is why we’re getting rooked.
DC establishmentarian says we’ve allowed our military to atrophy, and need more than $1 trillion a year to restore its ‘reach and its punch.’
Given the current state of the economy, that would mean the DoD budget could increase by over $100 billion.
Boeing’s KC-46 flying fuel tanker was a boondoggle from the start, but now that it’s thrown aside human eyesight, it’s actually dangerous.
The hawks are already trying to exploit the Russian invasion, saying a shortfall in spending is leaving us vulnerable. Not true.
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.
The long-awaited Global Force Posture review shows that status quo is the key refrain as the China song remains the same.
It seems like whenever these committees get together the bottom line goes up — but not far enough for the military hawks.
This is the week when Congress can get the scissors out — or not. Either way, the military budget is overdue for a makeover.
A $23.9 billion addition to the NDAA would have a greater longterm impact than Congress wants to acknowledge.