Military-Industrial Complex

Under Reagan we began the wholesale privatization of the military. Support for this was drummed up by horror stories of high prices paid for toilet seats and screwdrivers. If private industry just handled more tasks, the cost would come down. So Clinton continued this privatization with more and more tasks handed to private industry. But the best has been the Bush 2 administration. With no-bid contracts to corporations that support the administration using cost-added contracts the price of any military operation or item can really add up. We are actually paying hundreds maybe thousands of times what would be a fair price for goods and services and in many cases getting lousy goods and services. This is the joy of privatization or corporatization of our military. The Military-Industrial Complex: It's Much Later Than You Think