because they can get away with overcharging the government so much. Classic example is the f-35 costs have just about tripled, yes the companies building it are not being penalized for cost over runs, tardy delivery schedules etc. So of course these defense companies have huge pockets they have you the american taxpayer to thank.
Do we really need 3000 F-35's? On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, while the Pentagon has cancelled five naval deployments and ordered one > frigate to return to port (http://tinyurl.com/bn9xlnx) > > It seems that defense contractors are not slowing down making political > contributions (http://tinyurl.com/cvns9jt) > > One interesting aside is how can defense contractors afford millions in > political contributions but at the same time suffer losses? Simple, lay > people off. > > Northrop Grumman has warned investors of Åserious negative consequencesË for > the company and its suppliers because of the sequester. Citing the current > budget environment, the contractor also announced plans recently to close a > facility in California that employs more than 700 workers. > But the companyÄ s political action committee isnÄ t cutting back â¹ at least > for now. > ÅNorthrop Grumman does not have any plans to change the direction of its > political action committee at this time,Ë spokesman Randy Belote III wrote > in an email. > The companyÄ s political action committee spent $2.2 million in the 2012 > election cycle, compared with $1.7 million in 2010, according to data from > the Center for Responsive Politics. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
