The Military Industrial Complex: A Capitalist System Running Amok
• Rev. Richard Skaff, Global ResearchThe CREW report found that 70 percent (or 76) of the 108 three-and-four star generals and Admirals who retired between 2009 and 2011 took jobs with defense contractors or consultants. In at least a few cases, the retirees have continued to advise the
But in their greed for money, all kinds of R&D inventors are promoting all kinds of useful military inventions, which they are using to attract more of the military budget into their own pockets. So, the Fed loves them, because it gets to print more money for free - to support the military through Government borrowing - and get it back with interest in the form of value.