Military construction spending exemplifies unchecked military-industrial profligacy
Evidence
These are, of course, symptoms of the rampant and shameless profligacy in the military budget as a whole and in the entire military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us about. But it’s time someone said it specifically: MilCon is totally and completely out of control. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 813
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Military construction spending is so profligate it is out of control; Pentagon military construction spending routinely disregards costs and law with little Congressional oversight — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 812; New European base construction contradicts the military’s own drawdown posture — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 806 (+9 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Military construction spending is so profligate it is out of control; Pentagon military construction spending routinely disregards costs and law with little Congressional oversight — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 812; New European base construction contradicts the military’s own drawdown posture — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 806 (+9 more)