Here. I’ll say it loudly: Hunter supports US manufacturers, he supports defense contractors, he supports buying much much more than the Pentagon wants or has budget for. He is THE favorite congressman of Defense contractors, large and small, for steering as much work their way as he possibly can. I worked for Boeing Defense and Space for years. We loved him there.
The same folks who holler that body armor wasn’t available or humvees weren’t ‘up armored’ enough etc etc, are often the same folks that will claim people, who actually support the idea that the military should have more than it actually needs, are doing a bad thing when they try to accomplish that very goal.
If anywhere in our Nation an excess is warranted, it is in our military preparedness.
I respect and appreciate your honesty. Unfortunately, there are 435 members of the House and 100 Senators and thousands of elected representatives on the state and local level who use our hard-earned tax dollars to fund local projects that they think are worthy or important, when in reality they are simply trying to bribe the voters with their own money, at best and/or thank campaign contibuters for their support, at worst. Either way, the cost to the American taxpayer is mega-billions and billions of dollars. IMHO, there is nothing conservative about forcing people to pay 30% or more of their hard-earned income to Congress so that the likes of Duncan Hunter can hand out our money to their friends. I know that pork has been a part of the American political scene since day one, and I know that little is likely to change except perhaps the rare corruption prosecution to keep the Congressional giveaway program from getting too out of hand, but I don't have to like it, and there is no way that I will ever support an unapologetic money-grabbing, spendthrift like Hunter no matter how much I may agree with many of his other positions.