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[–] jamesed 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
First of all the article is a bunch of Crap. The main problem with the DOD is that it is a convenient slush fund for the politicians to hide all kinds of crap expenditures in. Perfect example is the Department of Veterans affairs. It is under the DOD yet it spent over 250 million in the last 10 years for ART WORK providing income to 10,000 artists of dubious quality. How many weapons systems that are obsolete or just plain don't work has the pentagon been forced to buy because it provides jobs to some powerful congressman's district. What about the hundreds of millions of dollars spent trying to mainstream women, trans genders etc into the combat units when then isn't a fucking woman around that can carry 120 lbs of battle rattle for 30 miles in 10 hours which is a requirement for light infantry. (Airborne, mountain infantry divisions). So if there is no audit its because the Congress doesn't want one because if there were a whole bunch of congressman's pet projects that are nothing but jobs programs would go into the crapper.
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You DO know that the "art world" is 95% money laundering, right? Some artists just get lucky and are pushed in to popularity to justify the fat price tags, once the "buyers" start using them as blackmarket currency.
That $250m was, almost assuredly, payoffs.