Corporate welfare needs to stop

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(06-18-2015, 12:53 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I believe that if our military needs weapons then the government should build and supply them instead of letting private companies make huge profits from taxpayer money.

I have no problem with our military having weapons.  I just hate the fact that private companies are taking our tax money as profit.  

Isn't the issue that the government gave a no-bid contract to a single private company and then forced a situation where taxpayers were beholden to said private company (emphasis upon the singular form).  Giving the government the right to anoint a single private company the sole creator of a product is no more efficient than the government doing it on its own.  Competition is good for the consumer and if Haliburton wants to charge taxpayers $50 per MRE and $10 for each bullet (or whatever) we should give other private organizations the right to supply such things for less if they feel they can and we feel they can do so without compromising the well-being of those involved.