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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Wisconsin U.S. Rep Mark Pocan: "At a certain point, excess spending doesnt actually make you safer; its just security theater and contractor..."

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Mark Pocan tweeted the following:

"At a certain point, excess spending doesnt actually make you safer; its just security theater and contractor profiteering.
We need to cut our defense spending, and put the #PeopleOverPentagon."
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Here are other recent tweets from Mark Pocan:

"If we cut the Pentagons spending back to the presidents request, wed still be spending more on defense than China, India, the U.K., Russia, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea COMBINED.
Lets focus on peoples needs, not defense contractor profits."
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"Watching lots of organizing efforts in my home state of Wisconsin, including what's happening in Racine. All workers deserve a voice. wsj.com/articles/strik"
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"In any setting, $100 billion is a lot of money. But in the US defense budget, its barely over 10%.
@RepBarbaraLee and I think its time to change that. Lets reinvest in people, not defense contractors."
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