Pentagon spent $5.5bn only hours before govt

[Big Bad Voodoo]

Foreign Policy reported on Tuesday that the Defense Department awarded 94 contracts totaling over $5.5 billion a day earlier, ensuring the mightiest military on Earth would stay significantly well-stocked throughout an indefinite shutdown that has sent hundreds of thousands of federal workers home without pay and polarized lawmakers in Washington.

http://rt.com/usa/pentagon-shutdown-billions-spent-699/

[Thanato]

Seems smart to me.

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Yeah, gotta keep that MIC rolling along.

[Kowalski]

Yeah, gotta keep that MIC rolling along.

Oh, Heaven Forbid it not!

You should see how much money their spending on keeping the NSA spying on people, and the drones are still going....

[Simbi Laveau]

Yeah, I read that a few days ago.

No no, they're not war mongering profiteers.

We imagine it.

I wonder how many homes in foreclosure could be saved with 5.5 billion....

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

5.5 Billion could pay a lot of wages during this shutdown.

[Raptor Witness]

From the OP: "$9 million for field jackets to be supplied to the Afghanistan National Police. "

I hear those are perfect for converting into suicide vests.