What Happened to America’s Arsenal of Democracy?

At one time, Detroit was considered the Arsenal of Democracy of America. Our automotive and manufacturing sectors retooled during WWII to build the very best fighting equipment for our soldiers.

Sadly, that is not the case today. It's not that Detroit lost the capacity, knowledge or will to do so... they simply lost the up-hill battle against Bush Pentagon cronies.

This is the story of one Detroit-area based firm, it's owner and employees that discovered just how bad things have become in Washington.

Local entrepreneur and engineer, Jerry Bazinski, invested millions into a Pentagon contract bid to build a light-strike military vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Insite Industries Inc. competed for the contract with several other companies from across the country for the opportunity to build a fully armored high-powered vehicle that could be transported in the Marine's Osprey Helicopter.

Things were looking very promising for Insite, because their vehicle consistently out-performed the other entries by leaps and bounds and everyone at the company was certain that they would ultimately win the contract.

Sadly, they did not.
Like me, you might be wondering to yourself: WHY?

And so did a local Metro Detroit reporter.

What he uncovered is not only shocking and disturbing, but it highlights an underlying problem with the current state of the American Military Industrial Complex.