(08-03-2022, 09:30 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-03-2022, 09:15 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't disagree with anything in that video except for the way he presents it as if it is some kind of expose'.  Wars cost money, and the big advantage the United States has over most other countries is their huge defense budget and the ability to throw money at things.  

No doubt that members of Congress should not be allowed to own individual stocks.  

But really, there's nothing in that video that is not public knowledge already.  Wars cost money, we live in a capitalistic society and people are incentivized by profit.  It's why we have the best weapons in the world.

I couldn’t get past the intro. Exasperated tones, edgy music, flash editing and fast zooms quickly tune me out. 

Making profits from war is nothing new. Daddy Warbucks was conceived as a character in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip a hundred years ago.

Holding up stacks of paper and calling them "documents" was a bit over the top, too.  Everything he had in his hand was publicly available financial statements that can be printed straight off the internet.  Then he goes "Oh, my God, I've discovered defense industries make money producing weapons!"  Well, duh.  And CEOs have bonuses tied to profits.  Yep.  And sometimes, believe it or not, the government gets cheated.  Yep.

The fact that our industries make money when we fight a war is one of the reasons we're so damn good at it.

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