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@sahilkapur ("Sahil Kapur") replied to a tweet by @sahilkapur:

Significant chunks of the military budget can best be understood as a federal jobs program — creating weapons the Pentagon says it doesn't need but which employ the constituents of influential lawmakers.

Here's a good example via @johnmdonnelly: https://www.rollcall.com/2020/11/18/shelby-adds-760-million-for-unrequested-ships-with-alabama-ties/