Yes, there is corruption in many specific U.S. programs and departments / agencies. In addition to some wasteful spending in the Energy Department that Steve Laffey has outlined here, trillions of dollars are still unaccounted for by the Pentagon, with tanks that the military doesn't even want, being built anyway, as just one obvious example of money being poured down the rabbit hole of unaccountability. The Defense department is the only U.S. government agency to have NEVER passed a comprehensive audit. They cannot account for 61% of their assets! This, from an agency that receives close to a TRILLION dollars per year. What?? President and General, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about this out-of-control behemoth, rife for potential corruption. His parting military-industrial complex speech represented his own deeply held sentiments, not those of a speech writer. And he, being an insider to the military and its workings, knew what he was talking about. —> https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y <— So, I say "Audits all around!!" Every very large budget entity needs an audit. The big three are the Defense Department, Social Security and Medicare. And If your niche of the government doesn't pass an audit, none of our precious tax dollars for you, next budget! That should encourage accountability. Here I am not saying that no money should go to the U.S. military, just to be clear. Our vaunted, storied U.S. military is needed for the security of the free world, to discourage totalitarian regimes, to keep shipping lanes and world commerce flowing, and for our own protection. I AM saying that if a PART of a department of the U.S. government (such as a specific program) can't figure out how they spent our hard-earned tax dollars, then they should not receive any more of our tax dollars until they "get their ducks in a row".
Yes, there is corruption in many specific U.S. programs and departments / agencies. In addition to some wasteful spending in the Energy Department that Steve Laffey has outlined here, trillions of dollars are still unaccounted for by the Pentagon, with tanks that the military doesn't even want, being built anyway, as just one obvious example of money being poured down the rabbit hole of unaccountability. The Defense department is the only U.S. government agency to have NEVER passed a comprehensive audit. They cannot account for 61% of their assets! This, from an agency that receives close to a TRILLION dollars per year. What?? President and General, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about this out-of-control behemoth, rife for potential corruption. His parting military-industrial complex speech represented his own deeply held sentiments, not those of a speech writer. And he, being an insider to the military and its workings, knew what he was talking about. —> https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y <— So, I say "Audits all around!!" Every very large budget entity needs an audit. The big three are the Defense Department, Social Security and Medicare. And If your niche of the government doesn't pass an audit, none of our precious tax dollars for you, next budget! That should encourage accountability. Here I am not saying that no money should go to the U.S. military, just to be clear. Our vaunted, storied U.S. military is needed for the security of the free world, to discourage totalitarian regimes, to keep shipping lanes and world commerce flowing, and for our own protection. I AM saying that if a PART of a department of the U.S. government (such as a specific program) can't figure out how they spent our hard-earned tax dollars, then they should not receive any more of our tax dollars until they "get their ducks in a row".
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/11/22/why-cant-the-dod-get-its-financial-house-in-order/
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3740921-defense-department-fails-another-audit-but-makes-progress/
—> https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y <—