I am writing as your constituent and a taxpayer about the NDAA Congress is getting ready to pass. I’m urging you to combat the greed of corporate military contractors and invest in our communities instead.
About half of our military budget goes to military contractors. And an exhaustive six month investigation by 60 Minutes has exposed drastic price gouging by federal military contractors―with some raking up total profits near 40%! This does not enhance our national security. The U.S. already spends more on defense than the next 10 countries combined—most of whom are our political allies.
According to the Institute for Policy Studies, if the U.S. were to cut just 10% of the military budget we could fund 10.95 million housing units for one year, or 8.45 million Head Start slots for low-income children, or low-income health care for 32 million children or 18.64 million adults.
Please invest in our communities and not corporate price gouging from military contractors. Thanks.
First sent on July 11, 2023 by Jess Craven
