A new report shows that the Pentagon spent $93 billion in September alone on luxury items like king crab, lobster, sushi tables, a Steinway grand piano and other excesses. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. the Department of Defense funnels $450 billion a year to private military contractors whose primary incentive is profit, not efficiency — and it’s all coming out of your pockets.

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