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For most people, the huge Pentagon budget
means less money in their pockets.
IRS--PENTAGON.
But for some people, just the opposite is true.
WAR PROFITS
Over 100,000 companies feed at the Pentagon trough. But the big money
goes to a handful of huge corporations.
Outta the way! I was here first!
1999 Pentagon Contracts: United Technologies: $2.4 billion; Textron:
$1.4 billion; Northrop Grunman: $3.2 billion; Boeing: $11.6 billion;
Raytheon: $6.4 billion; GE: $1.7 billion; General Dynamics: $4.6
billion; Lockheed Martin: $12.7 billion; TRW: $1.4 billion. [120]
The families that own these corporations owe their wealth to the
Pentagon's generosity with your tax money. So they don't mind sharing a
little with their friends and benefactors in Washington.
Here's to the Pentagon--the only place you can sell a 13 cent bo_ for
$2043! [121]
Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's Vice-President and chief advisor is one of
the politicians who has made a very profitable career out of promoting
the military-industrial complex. After presiding over the Gulf War as
Defense Secretary under George W.'s father, Cheney was named CEO of
Halliburton, Inc. As the world's biggest oil services firm with a huge
stake in the Middle East, Halliburton was a major beneficiary of the
Gulf War. H is also a big military contractor, raking in billions for
building military bases and providing battlefield services. Under
Cheney, Halliburton's government contracts increased sharply.
I knew we were getting the right guy for the job! [122]
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