The top 10 companies on the Fortune 100 list received $338 billion from the federal government.
Fortune 100 companies received $399 billion in federal funding between the 2014 and 2017 fiscal years, according to a report from transparency organization OpenTheBooks.
More than showing public waste, the study showed the vast amounts sums involved in military spending, Robert Weissman, the president of consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen, told Newsweek. Weissman said the study seemed to point at"the claim there’s a gigantic military budget, and a huge percent of it goes to contractors. Implicit is the criticism, I think, which we would certainly share, that the military budget should be much smaller than it is.
Fortune 100 companies received $399 billion in federal funding between the 2014 and 2017 fiscal years, according to a recent report. Win McNamee/Getty Image
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