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Meet the 0.01 percent: war profiteers

By Robert Greenwald | Published: October 28, 2011

TweetThere’s the top 1% of wealthy Americans (bankers, oil tycoons, hedge fund managers) and there’s the top 0.01% of wealthy Americans: the military contractor CEOs. If you’ve been following the War Costs campaign, you already know that these corporations are bad bosses, bad job creators and bad stewards of taxpayer dollars. What you may not [...]

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Corrupt Contractors Make Their Move on the Deficit Committee

By Robert Greenwald | Published: September 16, 2011

TweetThe new deficit commission is holding its first substantive meeting on Tuesday, and the military contractors are out in force to protect their profits. They’ll be working to cash in on hundreds millions of dollars in campaign donations and lobbying spending, and they’ll deploy their favorite (and bogus) “jobs” spin. But members of the committee [...]