Buck Martin (R) wants to spend your money on bloated defense projects...

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He's called Defense spending his "Red Line" that he won't cross, and refuses to drop big-ticket programs that even Sec Gates wants done away with, like the second engine on the F-35.

Hmm, I wonder why that might be?

Top 4 Contributors, 2009-2010

Lockheed Martin..........$51,000
Northrop Grumman.......$50,500
Boeing Co..................$27,900
General Dynamics........$20,000

Top 5 Industries, 2009-2010

Defense Aerospace.......$152,400
Misc Defense................$91,500
Defense Electronics.......$58,500
General Contractors.......$43,700

Source: Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon: Campaign Finance/Money - Summary - Representative 2010 | OpenSecrets

Got to love blatant bribery. Oh, I forgot, they like to refer to it as "lobbying".
 
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The next few years of deficit reduction are gonna be interesting!
 
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