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The Pentagon "loses $21 Trillion."

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:38 pm
by Eric Renderking Fisk
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-p ... -trillion/

I read this article, and I'm still dizzy...

Re: The Pentagon "loses $21 Trillion."

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:46 pm
by Eric Renderking Fisk
The original Forbes article.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kotlikoff/ ... a4730b7aef

The Offical Pentagon Report mentioned in both articles.

Re: The Pentagon "loses $21 Trillion."

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:37 pm
by n11pilot
I don't know how "Lost" that money is but unaccountable is still unacceptable. If it is black budget fine, then the Intelligence oversight committees should know where it went if not the general public but it still needs to be accountable in some manner.

I would be in favor of a federal law that requires an audit of the entire US budget on a periodic basis, say after every Inauguration day. By audit I mean a large team of cleared forensic accountants going over every line of federal spending.

Re: The Pentagon "loses $21 Trillion."

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:50 pm
by The Oracle
The problem is we have not been operating under a budget for some time, they just spend.

Re: The Pentagon "loses $21 Trillion."

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:12 pm
by Cousi
The Oracle wrote:
Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:50 pm
The problem is we have not been operating under a budget for some time, they just spend.
I wish that wasn't true. I really do. I also wish it wasn't due to both parties behaving like children. Alas, the world we live in.