Jan Brewer squandering Money in the Security Industrial Complex : more gadgets, more gas-guzzlers, more National Guard troops, Drone airplanes, Electronic Surveillance Equipment and Fences. John Dougherty - Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Arizona
John Dougherty is a Famous Investigative Journalist that has done research into the wrongdoings of John McCain and Joe Arpaio and that is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for Arizona
John Dougherty tells us about serious solutions for the problems of Immigration and not the fake Solutions of the Arizona Republicans.
President Eisenhower talked of the "Military Industrial Complex" misleading the Nation to Big Expenses and even to Useless Wars. His advice was not heeded.
John Dougherty warns us against the "Border Security Industrial Complex" .... They are Capitalists, Private Investors and Contractors, and they earn a lot of Money, with the preaching of Hate, Fear and Paranoia ( like Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce ) Fear is good for their business, excellent for their business.
These expenses in Technology and Manpower are highly inefficient, useless and a waste of Money. And the Private Contractors and providers of equipment contribute Money to Right Wing Politicians.
Huffington Post
Facts, Not Fear
By John Dougherty
Famous Investigative Journalist in Arizona
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Arizona
July 21, 2010
Facts, Not Fear
Some excerpts :
Thanks to leaders like Jan Brewer ( Governor of Arizona ), the police state ossifying along the border will continue to grow. Adding insult to injury, much of the $10 million will be spent on SUVs.
That money would have been better used to lure alternative-energy businesses, to help residents convert to sustainable energy sources, to help school districts facing teacher layoffs.
The Washington Post is in the midst of a blockbuster series that attempts to quantify the unbridled growth of our security apparatus. This series illustrates that billions of dollars are being wasted in the name of security -- including border security-- with a burgeoning expansion of law enforcement, an alphabet soup of spy agencies, too many private contractors to count.
More than 850,000 people now have top-secret security clearance. That's more than the populations of five U.S. states -- Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Vermont.
We throw ever more of our dwindling resources at the Security Industrial Complex, which has become a self-perpetuating machine. The larger it grows, the more it demands, and politicians like Brewer obediently feed it. Redundancies beget redundancies -- more money for more gadgets, more gas-guzzlers, more National Guard troops to militarize the border -- and still the root causes of our problems remain unaddressed.
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I recently spent some time in Yuma speaking to U.S. Border Patrol officers. These are the people who know first-hand what's most needed to stem the flow of drugs and illegal aliens. The officers told me that 85 percent of the people they apprehend are what they term "clutter" -- impoverished people whose sole aim is to earn enough to feed themselves and their families.
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That money would have been better used to lure alternative-energy businesses, to help residents convert to sustainable energy sources, to help school districts facing teacher layoffs.
The Washington Post is in the midst of a blockbuster series that attempts to quantify the unbridled growth of our security apparatus. This series illustrates that billions of dollars are being wasted in the name of security -- including border security-- with a burgeoning expansion of law enforcement, an alphabet soup of spy agencies, too many private contractors to count.
More than 850,000 people now have top-secret security clearance. That's more than the populations of five U.S. states -- Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Vermont.
We throw ever more of our dwindling resources at the Security Industrial Complex, which has become a self-perpetuating machine. The larger it grows, the more it demands, and politicians like Brewer obediently feed it. Redundancies beget redundancies -- more money for more gadgets, more gas-guzzlers, more National Guard troops to militarize the border -- and still the root causes of our problems remain unaddressed.
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I recently spent some time in Yuma speaking to U.S. Border Patrol officers. These are the people who know first-hand what's most needed to stem the flow of drugs and illegal aliens. The officers told me that 85 percent of the people they apprehend are what they term "clutter" -- impoverished people whose sole aim is to earn enough to feed themselves and their families.
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