Elizabeth Warren(@SenWarren):Your tax dollars are being used to inflate giant companies' stock prices. Congress is trying to fix this — but the Bezos-owned Editorial Board is lobbying to let defense contractors keep padding Wall Street’s pockets while our national security suffers and you foot the bill.

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Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren

2026.07.22 00:49

Your tax dollars are being used to inflate giant companies' stock prices. Congress is trying to fix this — but the Bezos-owned Editorial Board is lobbying to let defense contractors keep padding Wall Street’s pockets while our national security suffers and you foot the bill.

Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions

2026.07.17 11:25

Restricting military contractors’ ability to buy back stock or pay dividends is a shortsighted idea that would discourage needed investment in the defense industry, the Editorial Board writes.