Security industry a threat, some say

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001824782_homeland28.html

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden and his henchmen had hoped their attacks would cripple the U.S. economy. But while Sept. 11 helped deepen the nation's recession, the al-Qaida terrorists also unwittingly spurred a new, fast-growing industry dedicated to homeland security.

This industry, built around the Homeland Security Department and the focus on terrorism in the United States, has attracted old-line defense contractors, small businesses, universities, investment bankers, consultants and newsletter publishers.

Homeland-security conferences, where business people network in hopes of landing a Homeland Security Department contract, are common. So are trade shows featuring displays of such products as bomb-resistant glass for offices and imaging machines to reveal the innards of trucks and cargo containers.

With overall homeland-security spending estimated by analysts at about $55 billion this year, some observers believe that a homeland-security-industrial complex is emerging, much as the military-industrial complex became a huge presence in American life during the Cold War.

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So those "other" areas of the economy - decent healthcare, food, autos, housing, clothing, entertainment, law enforcement, education - write 'em off! We're spending $500 billion + a year so that a $55 billion a year industry that the "right" people own can prosper.

So here's your blinking orange light, your duct tape and plastic and your permission to SHUT UP while SOME people concentrate on the important thing in life - MAKING HEAPS OF MONEY FOR NOTHING!

you know...military buildups...uniforms, weapons...WASTE.... :eyes:

Profits for the defense industry waxed greatly during the "old" cold war against the "Evil Empire" of the old Soviet Union, now we are launched on a new one.

Ask yourself why Messrs. Gephardt, Kerry and Lieberman are now sounding so hawkish since the "capture" of Saddam Hussein?

Is it merely coincidence that major defense contractors have manufacturing facilities and global headquarters located within the each of the states that the above named Democratic presidential candidates call home?

that these threats are based upon?

used to bilk the fearful since the dawn of time. :-(