Boeing: The microcosm of our economic system. Aquino visits. Big Tech in Military Industrial Complex
Thom Hartmann's piece on Boeing is a must-read, as he links absolute corporate greed to the ills. Aquino visits. Big Tech is now a considerable part of the military-industrial complex.
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Boeing’s Safety Scandal Is an Object Lesson in the Dangers of Stock Buybacks: Boeing, instead of building new airplanes to expand and upgrade their fleet, spent over $60 billion on stock buybacks in the years leading up to the 2019 grounding of their Max fleet. [More]
Report Sounds Alarm Over Growing Role of Big Tech in US Military-Industrial Complex: The paper's author found that the five largest military contracts to major tech firms between 2018 and 2022 "had contract ceilings totaling at least $53 billion combined." [More]
Neil Aquino is on deck: Houston Democracy Project’s Neil Aquino discusses the success of progressives in getting most of their candidates elected in Houston and Harris County, Texas. [More]
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