Tue 20 Nov 2012
Forget Petraeus, Here’s a Real Scandal Involving Generals
Posted by k under Democracy , FinanceNo Comments
By Melanie Sloan and Robert Greenwald
What do Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman have in common? Each of these corporations is one of the top five largest defense contractors in the nation. In 2011 alone, the Department of Defense committed to spending nearly $100 billion with just these five companies. To put that in perspective, that is about the same amount spent on the entire federal education budget for 2011. (more…)