Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex. The fact of the matter is, is that they're an important partner for us.
Jon Tester: “Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex. The fact of the matter is, is that they're an important partner…”
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Tester highlights the military-industrial complex's role and criticizes corporations for prioritizing stock buybacks over production.
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Look, everybody told the president, at least most of the people told the president, except the ones he's surrounding with, the tariffs were a bad idea, and he decided to do it.
I would say two things. Number one this administration has totally blown the opportunity to make government more efficient by going in with a -- with a -- with a meat cleaver and just hack up agencies.
There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.
I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.





