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| America has become increasingly dependent on military contractors to carry out military operations abroad. (photo: JustinWrites.WordPress.com) |
18 January 12
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all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be
dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War
is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known
instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No
nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.– James Madison
America’s troops may be returning home from Iraq, but
contrary to President Obama’s assertion that "the tide of war is
receding," we’re far from done paying the costs of war. In fact, at the
same time that Obama is reducing the number of troops in Iraq, he’s
replacing them with military contractors at far greater expense to the
taxpayer and redeploying American troops to other parts of the globe,
including Africa, Australia, and Israel. In this way, the war on terror
is privatized, the American economy is bled dry, and the
military-security-industrial complex makes a killing - literally and
figuratively speaking.
The war effort in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has
already cost taxpayers more than $2 trillion and could go as high as
$4.4 trillion before it’s all over. At least $31 billion (and as much as
$60 billion or more) of that $2 trillion was lost to waste and fraud by
military contractors, who do everything from janitorial and food
service work to construction, security, and intelligence - jobs that
used to be handled by the military. That translates to a loss of $12
million a day since the U.S. first invaded Afghanistan. To put it
another way, the government is spending more on war than all 50 states
combined spend on health, education, welfare, and safety. READ MORE
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