A new report out shows that members of Congress “have as much as $196 million collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the onset of the Iraq war…”

But it’s not who you think it is…

The study found that more Republicans than Democrats hold stock in defense companies, but that the Democrats who are invested had significantly more money at stake. In 2006, for example, Democrats held at least $3.7 million in military-related investments, compared to Republican investments of $577,500.
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[John] Kerry, D-Mass., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is identified as earning the most — at least $2.6 million between 2004 and 2006 from investments worth up to $38.2 million.

Nothing like the wealthiest one percent funding the military complex. Remember this the next time you hear a liberal utter Dick Cheney’s name.

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