US: Defense and oil company executives reap windfalls from Iraq war
By Naomi Spencer
Since September 11, 2001, and the Bush administration’s initiation of the “war on terror,” inequality in the US has grown at a rapid rate and to grotesque proportions. The criminal nature of war on Iraq is reflected in every facet of American life, least surprisingly of all in the enormous fortunes of the ruling elite. Indeed, the current war, the most privatized in history, is viewed by a wide range of corporate executives and investors as an open-ended outsourcing opportunity.
Congress has appropriated more than $314 billion thus far for the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, largely at the expense of infrastructure, education, and other basic requisites for modern life at home. The massive government expenditures and cuts in vital social programs that characterize the US war economy, however, far from fostering restraint on the part of big business, have paved the way for shameless price gouging, corporate windfalls, tax cuts, pension-gutting and pay cuts for average workers in the US.
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Three men convicted in missile vandalism case
By Jenny Michael/Bismarck Tribune
A federal jury has found three men guilty of breaking into and vandalizing a missile silo site in northwestern North Dakota.
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By Naomi Spencer
Since September 11, 2001, and the Bush administration’s initiation of the “war on terror,” inequality in the US has grown at a rapid rate and to grotesque proportions. The criminal nature of war on Iraq is reflected in every facet of American life, least surprisingly of all in the enormous fortunes of the ruling elite. Indeed, the current war, the most privatized in history, is viewed by a wide range of corporate executives and investors as an open-ended outsourcing opportunity.
Congress has appropriated more than $314 billion thus far for the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, largely at the expense of infrastructure, education, and other basic requisites for modern life at home. The massive government expenditures and cuts in vital social programs that characterize the US war economy, however, far from fostering restraint on the part of big business, have paved the way for shameless price gouging, corporate windfalls, tax cuts, pension-gutting and pay cuts for average workers in the US.
(Please continue http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/sep2006/exec-s15.shtml )
Related Article:
A symbol of American manufacturing’s decline
Ford to slash 44,000 jobs
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/sep2006/jobs-s16.shtml
Voices of Dissent
Three men convicted in missile vandalism case
By Jenny Michael/Bismarck Tribune
A federal jury has found three men guilty of breaking into and vandalizing a missile silo site in northwestern North Dakota.
http://www.jonahhouse.org/WMD%20Here%20Plowshares/Media/0906trial2.htm
For more information, please visit:
Jonah House http://www.jonahhouse.org