You’ve got that backwards, at least in some instances. The military pretty regularly tells Congress it doesn’t want something and Congress keeps buying it to ke

You’ve got that backwards, at least in some instances. The military pretty regularly tells Congress it doesn’t want something and Congress keeps buying it to keep constituents happy: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/18/congress-again-buys-abrams-tanks-the-army-doesnt-want.html?amp https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/18/congress-agai... You also wrong about where the money goes. It mostly goes to coastal states (and DC). The Midwest gets less money from those contracts than most states: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/07/20/spending-on-contracts-drives-growth-in-federal-defense-dollars-to-states https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/...