…401K’s, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!)—Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars…

…and benefits of military personnel and civilian employees. But the remainder – $400 billion – is spent on goods-and-services contracts with entities outside the Defense Department.” Carter’s use of the…

…formative years were spent in South America in the 1980s. That the right wing Guatamelan military dictatorship was massacring unarmed civilians on a large scale was no secret, andwas widely…

…smaller paychecks, longer lines at airports, a reduction in government services and a less well-equipped military. Uh-huh. The White House is risking the possibility that Americans may eventually blame the…

…scientific and medical knowledge), and major priorities like combatting global warming/ supporting renewable energy we spend too much now on the military (the military-industrial complex constitutes about 60% of the…

…single hint that it may not really be a “cliff”. That it merely cuts back INCREASES in military spending. That the sequester, with its cuts to the military, leaves the…

…2012) (noting Cheney’s current advice to keep spending on the military and retelling the story of Cheney’s telling then Treasury secretary O’Neill that “Reagan proved that deficits don’t matter”). Part…

…rates and flooding government coffers with revenue to fund its current operations for years to come. The military will be facing dire budget cuts that shake the military-industrial complex to…

…advisers to Vietnam but little more. His military policy seemed to be maintaining the “status quo” to the point where he slapped down the British, French, and Israelis over the…

…for a decade or longer is typically greeted as evidence that policymakers have made “hard choices” and had the courage to stand up to the “military-industrial complex.” The fact that…