Politicians should not be profiting from wars funded by taxpayer dollars
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Politicians should not be profiting from wars funded by taxpayer dollars
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The connections between weapons contractors and Congress are powerful, devastating, and reek of corruption:
97 Congress members or someone in their family invested in weapons contractor stocks between 2019 and 2021.Ā
Twenty-five sat on committees responsible for shaping national āsecurityā policy while they traded.Ā
Unfortunately, the practice shows no signs of slowing: U.S. lawmakers made 96 transactions in weapons stocks last year, and eight of these transactions occurred after October 7.Ā
TheĀ Stop Politicians Profiting From War Act1Ā is a groundbreaking bill prohibiting members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from having financial interests in ANY company that does business with the Pentagon.
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No, they should not. It should be grounds for immediate removal from office. If your major donors are defense contractors you will always vote for war because they will pay you to do so *cough Lindsey Graham, cough*. Does no one remember Bush/Cheney and the lies they told to invade Iraq?(Yes, Saddam Hussein was a dictator, but so is the King of Saudi Arabia and we aren't invading to depose the Saudi Royals, are we? Oh! *Facepalm* Because our Congress takes money from Big Oil! I forgot!) Funny how Haliburton, Cheney's company, profited greatly off of that, isn't it? I guess the old adage is true,"Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it".
Except I did learn and I am tired of repeating it and being screwed over by rich, fat cat politicians on the take that do nothing for the common American People!