War Whores - Raytheon, Lockheed, and Congress

Could it be any more obvious?

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As Raytheon Technologies contributed its money to lawmakers throughout April, legislators were discussing more than 10 Ukraine-related bills.

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $40 billion Ukraine military and humanitarian support package, which President Joe Biden is poised to sign. Raytheon manufactures Stinger missiles, which Ukraine is using to shoot down Russian aircraft, as well as co-manufactures Javelin anti-tank missile systems with fellow defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

Of the more than 30 members of Congress to which Raytheon's PAC donated, eight members currently sit on the House Armed Services Committee: Democratic Reps. Veronica Escobar from Texas and Elaine Luria of Virginia, and Republican Reps. Michael Waltz from Florida, Jerry Carl of Alabama, Jack Bergman of Michigan, Mike Turner from Ohio, Jim Banks from Indiana, and Mike Rogers of Alabama.

The weapons supplier also in April donated $15,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and $2,500 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/raytheon-stinger-javelin-congress-ukraine-pac-spending-2022-5

The Javelin and Stinger are both fine weapons. However, their purpose should be to defend America and its people as both were developed and built with money from US taxpayers. It is obscene that US politicians and weapons manufacturers should benefit from a foreign war, for that creates an incentive for such wars to be provoked.