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You’ve got that backwards, at least in some instances. The military pretty regularly tells Congress it doesn’t want something and Congress keeps buying it to keep constituents happy: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/18/congress-agai...

You also wrong about where the money goes. It mostly goes to coastal states (and DC). The Midwest gets less money from those contracts than most states: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/...




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