# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2018-08-18 20:34:02
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In reply to: [@joshtpm](http://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1030506139321081857)
@joshtpm It’s also a way to extract billions of dollars from the governments defence budget and funnel them into the hands of private companies.