[rednesss]

"A huge portion of the Defense money is going back to the American economy by buying weapons and military equipments from defense companies where millions of American workers are directly or indirectly related to that segment of our economy."

Yes I'm sure a "huge" portion of that is paid to the workers.

Lockheed Martin

Executive Compensation
Chairman, Former CEO: Vance D. Coffman
Total Cash: $3,560,000.00
Total Compensation: $19,034,951.00

President and CEO: Robert J. Stevens
Total Cash: $3,371,442.00
Total Compensation: $12,643,350.00

Executive Vice President, Aeronautics: Dain M. Hancock
Total Cash: $1,610,669.00
Total Compensation: $6,108,023.00

Executive Vice President: Robert B. Coutts
Total Cash: $1,576,169.00
Total Compensation: $5,626,271.00

Executive Vice President: Michael F. Camardo
Total Cash: $1,375,538.00
Total Compensation: $5,024,517.00

Senior Vice President: Frank H. Menaker
Total Cash: $1,463,177.00
Total Compensation: $4,781,693.00

Former Vice President: Albert E. Smith
Total Cash: $1,496,669.00
Total Compensation: $4,775,695.00

And this is not a diatribe against corporate CEO's making big bucks. Your premise that this defense money that is funneled into the U.S. economy benefits ordinary people is I think a little naive.

[jveritas]

Playing class warfare?! You lose again. The military spending have helped a lot in the economic boom we have experienced in the last 4 years and millions of Americans benefited from it.