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James48

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9. The money is from Ukraine

Reply to MissouriDem47 (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:53 AM

Aug 31

To the American defense contractors. $179 million for 5 government and 15 contractors. I’m sure they are paying each contractor $250k or more to be there. The company execs pocket a lot of profit on those kind of deals.

Reminds me of the Kellogg Brown and Root days in Iraq. Mony flowing over contractors everyhere. So much so the regular Army guys couldn’t wait to get out and cone back as a contractor making three or four times as much.

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