So Why Do We Have To Hear About This From Reuters?

[Minimalist]

Why is the American media only concerned with Trump's bullshit or who some starlet is blowing?

http://theantimedia.org/the-pentagon-doe...ollars-on/

When government is completely dysfunctional and seems not to serve the people’s interests, we have to wonder where our tax dollars are going. Thanks to a Reuters investigation by Scot Paltrow, we have an answer—or, rather, a non-answer. Apparently, the Pentagon has made use of $8.5 trillion of our tax money handed over by Congress since 1996—but don’t ask what was done with the money. The Department of Defense doesn’t have a clue.

Audits of all federal agencies were mandated by law beginning in 1996, but the Pentagon is unique in never having complied. In almost 20 years, the Pentagon has never accounted for trillions it spent, in part because “plugging”—fudging the numbers—is standard operating procedure.

And the fuckers answer to any issue is "more money...more money...more money."

[Thumpalumpacus]

I understand the need for some black-budget items, but that's fuckin' ridiculous.

[Minimalist]

But again...where is this alleged LIBERAL MEDIA that the republicunts are always whining about?

[Iroscato]

It had better be a fucking Stargate program, or I will get their arses shut down.

Well, I might send them a sternly-worded letter.




Okay, a moderately-worded letter.







Or I might just moan on their Facebook page.

[Kingpin]

Min, it's not just the DoD. This is systemic to all government agencies.

[Minimalist]

It's the scale that matters, king.

[Kingpin]

No I fully understand that. It's outrageous. Just saying this issue of where funds goes is not limited to the DoD.

[Minimalist]

But other agencies comply with the law.

Audits of all federal agencies were mandated by law beginning in 1996, but the Pentagon is unique in never having complied. In almost 20 years, the Pentagon has never accounted for trillions it spent, in part because “plugging”—fudging the numbers—is standard operating procedure.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

But other agencies comply with the law.

Audits of all federal agencies were mandated by law beginning in 1996, but the Pentagon is unique in never having complied. In almost 20 years, the Pentagon has never accounted for trillions it spent, in part because “plugging”—fudging the numbers—is standard operating procedure.

Do you really want to have line items listing $950 billion for destabilizing foreign governments such as Syria, Libya, etc? Or $1 trillion for R&D on new methods to kill 100 million people per day?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Eight and a half trillion? Maybe they took Africa out for a nice brunch.

Boru