When they say they can't afford to forgive student loans, this is what they mean. This is where the money went. A trillion each year into the military that can't say where the money went and fails the audit each year.
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2024
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We need to reduce education spending to help balance the budget. What's that? The Army says they don't need any more tanks? They already had a large surplus? Here's an authorization and order for 5,000 more at $10.6M each. Now about social security...
Laundering money using soap is a little on the nose.
“reviewing the report, which appears to be based on an inapt comparison of the prices paid for parts that meet aircraft and contract specifications and designs versus basic commercial items that would not be qualified or approved for use on the C-17,”
Yeah, come on guys, this is serious. A commercial soap dispenser isn’t capable of blowing the door off a plane, only a genuine Boeing part will do that.
Amazing how they are dancing around the issue but wonr call it what it is...
This is what corruption looks like in practice.
Who signed these contracts and what did they gain from it. Nobody knows, no way to tell 🤡
They've moved on from toilet seats, eh?
This is a known bug. For some reason (Ron Howard - "Corruption") the devs (Ron Howard - "The US Government") refuses to patch (Ron Howard - "put a stop to") it by passing laws to stop it.