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Don't Let the Pentagon Get a Free Ride
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: IOUSA: The Movie
Sponsored by: IOUSA: The Movie
Why is it that fiscal hawks who complain incessantly about "government waste" seem to want to give the Defense Department a free pass? The Pentagon has become a bloated bureaucracy.
With the Department's budget exceeding half a trillion dollars per year including war costs, and with Pentagon waste in the billions and endemic, it's high time that our elected officials demand a full accounting of how this money is being spent. For too long, the Pentagon has been allowed to operate with poor financial management and little to no accountability.
We want a strong defense, and we honor those in uniform who serve our nation. But they are trapped in an inefficient and outdated system. At a time of record deficits and increasing economic hardship, there is absolutely no excuse for the waste and lack of oversight that has characterized the Defense Department for years, if not for decades.
Let your elected representatives in Washington know that it's time to show some leadership and finally start to cut waste within the Defense Department.
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10:20 am PST, Dec 3,
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9:00 am PST, Dec 3,
Katie Horton, Georgia
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12:49 pm PST, Dec 2,
Ed Fernandez, California
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10:26 am PST, Dec 2,
Share Bond, California
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Diane Mettam, California
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8:14 pm PST, Nov 30,
S Kerr, California
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5:46 pm PST, Nov 30,
Sharon Moss, Missouri
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8:13 pm PST, Nov 29,
Jnone Parsons, California
Imagine, if you will (?), the Greatest Nation, who's leader, exists in the most expensive public housing, in the known universe. Now imagine that I am not Rod Serling, and this is NOT the Twilight Zone. Waste, what waste? Lost and unaccounted for missing worthless, American, bananna, twinkee, green military rectangles, that used to resemble real spending dollars? Nawh, I don't, make that we don't know anything about that. And stop asking questions, would you please!
Imagine, if you will (?), the Greatest Nation, who's leader, exists in the most expensive public housing, in the known universe. Now imagine that I am not Rod Serling, and this is NOT the Twilight Zone. Waste, what waste? Lost and unaccounted for missing worthless, American, bananna, twinkee, green military rectangles, that used to resemble real spending dollars? Nawh, I don't, make that we don't know anything about that. And stop asking questions, would you please!
# 9,439:
7:24 am PST, Nov 27,
Pete Harvey, California
In this age of economic uncertainty and the rise in unemployment it is now more important than ever to take at look at government programs and stop the waste and put in place the oversight necessary. The general public cannot afford any new taxes, everyone including the federal and state governments need to tighten their belts
In this age of economic uncertainty and the rise in unemployment it is now more important than ever to take at look at government programs and stop the waste and put in place the oversight necessary. The general public cannot afford any new taxes, everyone including the federal and state governments need to tighten their belts
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12:16 am PST, Nov 27,
Shelley Chretin, California
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Sherry Morse, Pennsylvania
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Peter Vella, California
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Mignon Washington, California
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Brandon M Bean, California
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4:41 pm PST, Nov 20,
Angel Garcia, Florida
ENOUGH - WE NEED TO RIP THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT - AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
ENOUGH - WE NEED TO RIP THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT - AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
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1:14 pm PST, Nov 20,
Nazanin Missaghieh, California
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7:54 pm PST, Nov 19,
Hosea Bostic, California
We often hear that spending on social programs (those that benefit the citizens paying the bills) is growing at an unsubstainable rate. How come we don't hear the same thing about the military spending? Note I did not say defense. If it is true that we spend more then the next 3 countries combined on military expenses I would like to know exactly what or who we are trying to defend ourself against. I used to have a seceret clearance. I never saw anything that would justify the amount of money we throw away in the name of defense.
We often hear that spending on social programs (those that benefit the citizens paying the bills) is growing at an unsubstainable rate. How come we don't hear the same thing about the military spending? Note I did not say defense. If it is true that we spend more then the next 3 countries combined on military expenses I would like to know exactly what or who we are trying to defend ourself against. I used to have a seceret clearance. I never saw anything that would justify the amount of money we throw away in the name of defense.
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Debra Hamilton, Georgia
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Christina Lander, Connecticut
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Katie Schwartz, California
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Tracy O'Rourke, Ohio
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3:41 pm PST, Nov 18,
Eugenie MontBlanc, Nevada
We need efficiency and stringency, especially in these difficult economic times. STOP THE WASTE.
We need efficiency and stringency, especially in these difficult economic times. STOP THE WASTE.
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Emily Litz, Illinois
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12:03 pm PST, Nov 16,
Connie S. White, Michigan
Please stop wasteing out money on this needless garbage. We need more help in welfare programs like Social Security & Education or we won't have anything to protect.
Please stop wasteing out money on this needless garbage. We need more help in welfare programs like Social Security & Education or we won't have anything to protect.