Other acronyms, such as '''MICC''' (military-industrial-congressional-complex) or '''MICIMATT''' (military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academia-think tank complex) have been developed to explain the [[deep state]] process of how military contractors, who are recipients of government defense contracts, donate to political candidates to vote for defense projects and non-profit [[think tank]]s to write reports on the need for more ever-bloated defense spending. | Other acronyms, such as '''MICC''' (military-industrial-congressional-complex) or '''MICIMATT''' (military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academia-think tank complex) have been developed to explain the [[deep state]] process of how military contractors, who are recipients of government defense contracts, donate to political candidates to vote for defense projects and non-profit [[think tank]]s to write reports on the need for more ever-bloated defense spending. |