@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@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/
