Chapter 1165 - 398: The Mighty Venus Business Empire (Part 2)
But after World War II, these military-industrial enterprises began to get involved in U.S. politics, interfering in presidential and Military Department elections—this is the internal cause!
This resulted in the United States entering a vicious cycle: to win an election, one must gain the support of military-industrial enterprises, and to get their support, one must push for massive expansions in military spending once in office, ensuring the profits of these enterprises.
Consequently, under these internal causes, U.S. military expenditure became the highest globally, even exceeding the combined military spending of the next nine countries!
Of course, according to business thinking, it would be impossible for everyone to honestly sell at market prices.
At that time, U.S. military-industrial enterprises colluded with the high-level U.S. military to engage in corruption, which was also the reason for the surge in U.S. military expenses.
At the beginning of the next century, the U.S. Government allocated $100 billion, ostensibly named as reconstruction funds for Iraq. In the end, $50 billion vanished mysteriously. The White House sent four auditors to investigate the matter, and then all four auditors died!
According to the purchase details of the U.S. Military Department, even a coffee cup could be priced at $1,280 US Dollar. Just how much corruption is involved here, perhaps only the insiders know.
So, whether it’s the Trident Shipyard or Ares Arsenal, they are still operating using some normal methods; their real strength is to be unleashed during World War II!
Chris Kamp thought for a moment and said: "Okay!"
Winston Marl, responsible for the farms business, spoke up at this time: "After you left Texas, we continued, as you requested, to acquire new farms there. Now the company controls a farm area of 500,000 hectares in Texas. However, while handling specific farm business, we found that agricultural machinery is developing very quickly. After discussing with other leaders, we believe that machinery production might replace manual labor in the future. Therefore, we recommend allocating some funds from farm acquisitions to invest in or acquire some agricultural machinery manufacturers, allowing them to better produce new machinery according to our development needs!"