Trump’s NDAA Veto Threat Should Force a Conversation on Defense Spending

Tags: Corporate Welfare, Cronyism and Corporatism

12/16/2020 Haley Kennington

A dirty secret of congressional military spending is that when the government allocates billions in spending, unnecessary, wasteful, and parochial interests quickly find their way into the legislation.

Original Article: “Trump’s NDAA Veto Threat Should Force a Conversation on Defense Spending“.

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