Lockheed not only funds Republicans and Democrats alike with over $3 million per election cycle, lobbies officials for another $30 million, hires former officials, and shapes corporate news, but Lockheed Martin also creates local panics by threatening to notify every one of its employees that they might be fired if U.S. war preparations spending doesn’t continue to grow., The pseudo-debate of recent years between those who want to cut healthcare and retirement spending and those who oppose all cuts is a debate that any news outlet interested in selling advertising to Lockheed Martin can accept without hesitation. A debate over what we actually should cut and what we should instead invest in more heavily would be a different matter. Of course, we can all send emails to Congress. Lockheed Martin can too. But Lockheed Martin, unlike the rest of us, also owns the email system through which Congress receives our communications. Corporate Welfare is Alive and Well - Maryland: A Government of, by, and for Lockheed Martin, counterpunch.org/2013/03/11/maryland-a-government-of-by-and-for-lockheed-martin/ Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon, rootsaction.org/news-a-views/605-gun-background-check-on-pentagon Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD), contractormisconduct.org/index.cfm/1,73,221,html?ContractorID=38&ranking=1
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:04:38 +0000
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