If You Are An American Taxpayer

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If You Are An American Taxpayer, Then These Are Your Latest Defense Purchases
Walter Hickey | Jul. 30, 2012, 12:22 PM

After a week where the Department of Defense didn't do very much at all — the DoD spent a measly $1.8 billion the last time we checked in on them — the Pentagon is back in business, spending $7.5 billion last week and buying next-gen missiles, a new warship, and many other buys.
If you want to find out how to burn through $7.5 billion in a week, read on. We found the biggest and most significant contracts inked last week.

America — enjoy your recent purchases:

$1.5 Billion to Huntington Ingalls for a brand new warship



Up to $176 million for Alaskan Radar



$925 million to Raytheon for the next generation of missiles



$107 million buys 11 new planes for the Navy



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/if-youre-an-american-taxpayer-here-are-your-most-recent-defense-purchases-2012-7#ixzz22IUZVyUQ

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And this is "chicken feed".

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. I get DOD contract emails daily and

you are right. That is chickenfeed. Every person in the country ought to be on the DOD mail list.

[SHRED]

3. How do you subscribe?

[lonestarnot]

4. Prollee just describe ones self as or act like a bagger.

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. google....

dod subscriptions contracts and you can sigh up for emails.

[Scuba]

2. Funny, I don't feel safer.

Now if I had Medicare, then I'd feel safer.