Meet the 0.01 Percent: War Profiteers

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War industry CEOs make tens of millions of dollars a year, putting them in the top 0.01 percent of income earners in the U.S.

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Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush made $22.84 million last year.
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Lockheed Martin CEO Robert Stevens made $21.89 million.
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Boeing CEO James McNerney: $19.4 million.

These guys use their corporations' massive lobbying dollars to keep their job-killing gravy train rolling. Last year, their companies spent a whopping $46 million on lobbying, corrupting our politics and ensuring that their bank accounts continue to fatten at our expense. These executives are some of the main reasons why we're wasting so much on war instead of rebuilding our own nation here at home.
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CORRECTION: Lockheed Martin's CEO is Robert Stevens. The video refers to him as "Martin Stevens" which is incorrect.

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[Dejan Milovanović]

Stop Whispering Start Shouting!

[J. Gravi]

Don't hate the player, hate the game. The underlying mechanics of the way our monetary system operates is what rewards the corrupt behavior we see in these individuals. Until we go to the root cause of the problem, corrupt behavior will continue to emerge as long as it's rewarded. It's going to take much more than just removing a few people from their positions of power to truly solve the biggest social problems. Open your mind and think harder people.

[Cancrizans]

While I agree with what you say in essence, I am also sick and tired of this "don't hate the player hate the game" nonsense. It is in fact the player...or the individual's...choice to participate in the game, making it a reality. The thing that really needs to change are the minds of every individual. We need to stop believing that materialism, status and power are desirable and recognize them for what they are...the desires of a weakened, sick mind and soul.

[frank doster]

KIll them with thier own products is the only way to make them fear the peopl.

[Jose Rodriguez]

I thought #Republicans really cared for our 2nd Amendment rights! Or maybe #guncontrol that would influence UN Arms Treaty deals that sell weapons to dictators? LOL

[Kontraversy King]

The names up there still only make about 10% of the wall street execs, just sayin...

[erockula]

fuckin republican sellouts

[bigraviolees]

War Pigs

[NobleJoyous]

Great points, but airhead liberals don't respond to logic and accounting numbers. You have to make your arguments based from emotional reactions only - how something makes you feel rather than how much something costs. Liberals discuss 'fighting the power" even when that "power" is relatively mild as a mathematical ratio, while their "war criminals" ultimately cause far less damage to American society than the many hypocritical culture criminals that the left adores and glorifies.

[lkquad10]

don't forget the C I A and the drug laundering. also the fed banks that launder said money. That is why our money has traces of cocaine on all paper money.