As noted here last week, the Costs of War Project at Brown University has updated its running total of the forever wars’ price tag: $8.043 trillion, including veterans’ health care and interest on the wars’ share of the national debt.
Per figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, the Big Five military contractors — Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics — spent over $1.1 billion on lobbying between 2001–21.
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