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.
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"8.5 Trillion."
ReplyDeleteTherre's no such amount outside paper. The Feds / MSM are trying to scam us, thinking that we believe them. These two - the Feds & the MSM are hand in-glove together, since forever.
That was illustrated by CNBC anchor Erin Burnett acting shocked when it was reported that the House originally voted down the bailout bill. The one that Nancy Pelosi was getting 1000 calls to 1 against it, and still voted for it.
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