Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telesurtv.net%2Fenglish%2Fnews%2FClinton-Tops-List-of-Arms-Company-Donations-20151214-0002.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGrLnmywDpfk6lcR_XdZU_ZxUgpEQ> --- from their rhethoricl she and cruz are those who would mostly likely use weapons. my guess is cruz would use more.
On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 5:35:38 PM UTC-6, MJ wrote: > > > December 20, 2015 > > *Hillary and the Merchants of Death *Charles Burris > > Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service > companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, > data from Open Secrets shows > <http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Clinton-Tops-List-of-Arms-Company-Donations-20151214-0002.html>. > > [1] > > All but one of the world’s 10 biggest arms producers have contributed to > Clinton’s previous campaigns, giving her -- along with the top Republican > receiver Ted Cruz -- a significant margin over the other candidates. > > The numbers, collected by the Federal Election Commission and compiled by > Open Secrets, also reveal that Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders make the list > of top 20 senators and top six presidential candidates to receive money > from arms and defense companies. > > Most of the funding is channeled through Political Action Committees, > which have no limits to how much they donate. About 18 percent comes from > individual contributions, totaling almost US$10 million between all of the > companies. > > The biggest donors -- Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing -- > devote about a third of their funds to Democrat candidates. In the last > presidential elections, Barack Obama won more funding than his contender > John McCain, though McCain is the top-earning senator this year. > > A report released Sunday by the Stockholm International Peace Research > Institute showed that while U.S. arms sales have slowed, U.S.-based > Lockheed Martin’s profits soared in 2014. Overall sales rose steadily until > the financial crisis of 2008, when they mostly stabilized. > > Sunday’s report also indicates that the U.S. accounts for a staggering 54 > percent market share of the global arms market. The United Kingdom has the > second largest market share, with 10.4 percent. Russia has a market share > of 10.2 percent, while France has a market share of 5.6 percent. > > The world’s top 10 arms companies are based in the U.S. and Western > Europe, according to the report. Among these are Lockheed Martin, Boeing > and BAE Systems, who make up the top three companies in terms of global > market share. > > [1] > http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Clinton-Tops-List-of-Arms-Company-Donations-20151214-0002.html > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
