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[–] green_man 0 points 27 points 27 points (+27|-0) ago
They absolutely know where it went. The problem is it went to something so illegal and so distasteful that claiming they were incompetent enough to lose $6.5 trillion was preferable to admitting the truth.
[–] solarsavior 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Yeah, they don't even make up lies like $500 hammers anymore to try to conceal it.
All I can say is there better damn well be a Stargate program.
[–] DependasaurusRex 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Well, that part isn't exactly a lie either...
[–] thisisarealusername 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
did someone say "money laundering"?
[–] RonaldMcShitlord 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
What I don't understand though is how that much could even be spent without it being visible. $6.5 trillion buys a hell of a lot of toys. You could literally build one thousand Nimitz-class aircraft carriers with that much money and still have a few bucks left over to spare. How could anyone spend that kind of money without it being noticed that all this extra stuff was being purchased?
[–] ReadVotePostRepeat 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Because it went straight into people's Bank accounts
[–] RedditisPropaganda25 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why do we pay taxes again?
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