NEWS! Once again crooked defense contracts rob American tax-payers
Pentagon set to buy 375 F-35 fighter jets that can’t fly
If you’re paying $1.7 TRILLION for a state-of-the-art, all-weather stealth fighter jet, don’t you want to make sure that it can at least get in the air? 🤔 Soar through the clouds and see the bright blue sky?
Well, as of the most recent published count, 9 percent of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets can’t because, according to the GAO, “they don't have a working engine.” And yet, the Pentagon is STILL asking Congress for $30 BILLION more to buy 375 failed F-35s.
So why is our government so committed to a flawed plane? Well, it might be a coincidence, but over the last 20 years, the weapons industry has spent $285 million in political donations and $2.5 BILLION on lobbying to gain influence. What’s more: Last summer, an investigation found that at least 47 members of Congress or their spouses hold stock in weapons corporations.
Let’s break that down: Taxpayer money is redistributed to weapons corporations by the same people cashing checks from the weapons lobby. We call that corruption — it’s time for a change. No more tax money for war profiteers!
Write your Congress persons and demand accountability from defense contractors
Demand a ban on Congress members holding stock while in office
If you’re paying $1.7 TRILLION for a state-of-the-art, all-weather stealth fighter jet, don’t you want to make sure that it can at least get in the air? 🤔 Soar through the clouds and see the bright blue sky?
Well, as of the most recent published count, 9 percent of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets can’t because, according to the GAO, “they don't have a working engine.” And yet, the Pentagon is STILL asking Congress for $30 BILLION more to buy 375 failed F-35s.
So why is our government so committed to a flawed plane? Well, it might be a coincidence, but over the last 20 years, the weapons industry has spent $285 million in political donations and $2.5 BILLION on lobbying to gain influence. What’s more: Last summer, an investigation found that at least 47 members of Congress or their spouses hold stock in weapons corporations.
Let’s break that down: Taxpayer money is redistributed to weapons corporations by the same people cashing checks from the weapons lobby. We call that corruption — it’s time for a change. No more tax money for war profiteers!
Write your Congress persons and demand accountability from defense contractors
Demand a ban on Congress members holding stock while in office
