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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 But they are trapped in an inefficient and outdated system.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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# 9,496:
10:16 pm PDT, Jul 4,
Donna Colby, Kansas
# 9,495:
9:33 pm PDT, May 18,
Timothy Sprengeler, Iowa
# 9,494:
7:38 pm PDT, May 6,
Allie Warnick, Arkansas
# 9,493:
5:28 am PDT, Apr 24,
Linda McBride, New York
Please support President Obama's stated intent to cut waste in government. Here is where there should easily be bipartisan support. Senator McCain has called for better procurement practices. We all have to live within a budget and how better to make our dollars go farther than to "shop" carefully and make sure no dollars are unnecessarily spent or somehow lost through carelessness.
Please support President Obama's stated intent to cut waste in government. Here is where there should easily be bipartisan support. Senator McCain has called for better procurement practices. We all have to live within a budget and how better to make our dollars go farther than to "shop" carefully and make sure no dollars are unnecessarily spent or somehow lost through carelessness.
# 9,492:
8:55 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Jamie Lee, California
# 9,491:
9:32 am PDT, Apr 13,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 9,490:
4:57 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Ivar Raginski, Ireland
# 9,489:
12:57 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Aaron Sumner, Michigan
Hey maybe our country wouldn't be in such a financial crisis if somebody knew how to spend their money properly!
Hey maybe our country wouldn't be in such a financial crisis if somebody knew how to spend their money properly!
# 9,488:
2:06 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Susan Ryan, California
# 9,487:
4:42 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Tom Maxwell, California
# 9,486:
8:48 am PDT, Mar 27,
Tingyu Wu, Taiwan
# 9,485:
6:37 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Jayson Quilantan, Colorado
# 9,484:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 18,
Tammy Beall, Illinois
# 9,483:
5:44 pm PST, Mar 3,
Aaeron Robb, Maryland
# 9,482:
11:53 am PST, Feb 24,
Karla Espinal, Texas
# 9,481:
3:38 am PST, Feb 21,
Lynda Harding, United Kingdom
# 9,480:
10:53 pm PST, Feb 20,
Marvin Rodriguez, Texas
# 9,479:
12:30 pm PST, Feb 11,
Nathan Revercomb, Colorado
# 9,478:
2:47 pm PST, Feb 10,
Robert Cushway, California
# 9,477:
6:53 pm PST, Feb 9,
Lynn Williamson, Maine
# 9,476:
11:01 am PST, Feb 7,
David Barnes, Minnesota
Actual Pentagon spending is nearly 750 billion, an obscenely gigantic sum by any measure. The Pentagon has more money than all but nine countries in the world. We must cut back this disaster and use the funds to invest in our future.
Actual Pentagon spending is nearly 750 billion, an obscenely gigantic sum by any measure. The Pentagon has more money than all but nine countries in the world. We must cut back this disaster and use the funds to invest in our future.
# 9,475:
12:57 pm PST, Feb 2,
Isabel Bustamante, Florida
STOP,STOP,STOP THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT when it comes to full accountability and the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. Lets ALL do
STOP,STOP,STOP THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT when it comes to full accountability and the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. Lets ALL do
# 9,474:
10:09 am PST, Feb 1,
Alexandra Sipiora, Illinois
# 9,473:
1:20 am PST, Jan 31,
Stroe Tibi, Romania
# 9,472:
7:13 am PST, Jan 25,
Pat Croisier, New Jersey
It would be a great step if the Defense Department initiated a bugetary responsibility action among all the government agencies to lead all Americans to a new era of spending wisely.
It would be a great step if the Defense Department initiated a bugetary responsibility action among all the government agencies to lead all Americans to a new era of spending wisely.
# 9,471:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 24,
Misha Cohen, New York
# 9,470:
1:20 pm PST, Jan 24,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
NO FREE RIDE!! WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE!!
NO FREE RIDE!! WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE!!
# 9,469:
12:01 am PST, Jan 22,
Jong Mi Lewen, New Mexico
# 9,468:
12:08 pm PST, Jan 18,
Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania
# 9,467:
11:42 am PST, Jan 18,
Rob Nash, New Mexico
# 9,466:
2:47 pm PST, Jan 17,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 9,465:
10:02 am PST, Jan 9,
Tom Zahrobsky, Iowa
# 9,464:
7:44 pm PST, Jan 7,
Stacy Darrah, Pennsylvania
# 9,463:
11:28 am PST, Jan 1,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 9,462:
10:41 pm PST, Dec 28,
Name not displayed, Nevada
# 9,461:
5:24 pm PST, Dec 27,
Claudia Allore, New York
# 9,460:
10:20 am PST, Dec 19,
Jarvis Garcia, Idaho
# 9,459:
1:14 pm PST, Dec 18,
Brittany Paniagua-Berlanga, Illinois
# 9,458:
9:36 am PST, Dec 16,
Jennifer Power, Maine
It is wrong that are soldiers and their families get so little when contractors are exploiting the taxpayers, often with our government officials knowledge.
It is wrong that are soldiers and their families get so little when contractors are exploiting the taxpayers, often with our government officials knowledge.
# 9,457:
6:53 am PST, Dec 14,
Jeremy Crytzer, New York
# 9,456:
1:33 pm PST, Dec 13,
Melanie Doherty, New York
# 9,455:
10:44 pm PST, Dec 12,
Jason Schubach, Kansas
# 9,454:
3:07 pm PST, Dec 12,
Cheryl Trusty, Minnesota
# 9,453:
7:33 am PST, Dec 12,
Rika Toll, Utah
# 9,452:
9:44 am PST, Dec 11,
Ashley Calderon, California
# 9,451:
2:13 pm PST, Dec 10,
Harry (and Mrs. Jill) Brownfield, Pennsylvania
The trillion dollars we have poured down the rathole known has Iraq has not made us one jot safer - indeed, it has seriously weakened our security. The same with the hundreds of billions that have been curruptly stolen from the American taxpayer by the military-industrial complex. General/President Eisenhower himself warned us to beware of these people and keep them on a VERY short leash. Congress needs to begin looking at these expenditures with a much more jaundiced eye for it is this waste that is truely strangling the American economy. Cut the defense budget in half - it will make us stronger, not weaker militarily. Cashier the huge numbers of overly politicized officers in the military (especially in the Army) and send them packing. These people do nothing for our security. Close all the useless military bases (mostly in the South) that remain open only to provide places for career military retirees to play golf and sop up subsidized booze and groceries at the BX. I know these things for I am retired military. These things do nothing for our security - they only defraud the American taxpayer. If you truely care about veterans, put the money saved by doing the above into the VA healthcare system.
The trillion dollars we have poured down the rathole known has Iraq has not made us one jot safer - indeed, it has seriously weakened our security. The same with the hundreds of billions that have been curruptly stolen from the American taxpayer by the military-industrial complex. General/President Eisenhower himself warned us to beware of these people and keep them on a VERY short leash. Congress needs to begin looking at these expenditures with a much more jaundiced eye for it is this waste that is truely strangling the American economy. Cut the defense budget in half - it will make us stronger, not weaker militarily. Cashier the huge numbers of overly politicized officers in the military (especially in the Army) and send them packing. These people do nothing for our security. Close all the useless military bases (mostly in the South) that remain open only to provide places for career military retirees to play golf and sop up subsidized booze and groceries at the BX. I know these things for I am retired military. These things do nothing for our security - they only defraud the American taxpayer. If you truely care about veterans, put the money saved by doing the above into the VA healthcare system.