125 Billion wasted at the Pentagon

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Anonymous wrote:Can you think of smother large company that has similar recruiting, retention, development, maintenance and logistical challenges?

Yes I can. All of the defense contractors that we pay to do this work. None of which will have anywhere close to that much in administrative costs.

[Anonymous]

This is what Trump should be tweeting about. If he cares about taxpayers at all, he'll protect their money.

[Anonymous]

If you read the Post article, the concern isn't just that the % of total budget spent for support is so high, the concern is that the Pentagon hired outside experts for an assessment and recommendations on saving money, expecting to find maybe $500 million possible savings. The results came back $1.25 billion possible savings, and the Pentagon suppressed the report because they weren't willing to risk having Congress cut their budget. What is concerning is that, having asked for data the Pentagon then shoved it in a desk rather than risk having it see the light of day.

[Anonymous]

In the article is says the average salary is everyone is $180k-200k. Wtf, how are all these people making more than congressmen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the article is says the average salary is everyone is $180k-200k. Wtf, how are all these people making more than congressmen?

Actually, it says that compensation is that high, including benefits. Its still a very good salary, but when you add the cost of health, dental, retirement, and other benefits the base salary could be half that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you read the Post article, the concern isn't just that the % of total budget spent for support is so high, the concern is that the Pentagon hired outside experts for an assessment and recommendations on saving money, expecting to find maybe $500 million possible savings. The results came back $125 billion possible savings, and the Pentagon suppressed the report because they weren't willing to risk having Congress cut their budget. What is concerning is that, having asked for data the Pentagon then shoved it in a desk rather than risk having it see the light of day.

Corrected that for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you think of smother large company that has similar recruiting, retention, development, maintenance and logistical challenges?

Yes I can. All of the defense contractors that we pay to do this work. None of which will have anywhere close to that much in administrative costs.

Oh my. No. Just no. The defense contractors don't do anything like this work. I'll say it again: Are the defense contractors running a health care system? No, they are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you read the Post article, the concern isn't just that the % of total budget spent for support is so high, the concern is that the Pentagon hired outside experts for an assessment and recommendations on saving money, expecting to find maybe $500 million possible savings. The results came back $1.25 billion possible savings, and the Pentagon suppressed the report because they weren't willing to risk having Congress cut their budget. What is concerning is that, having asked for data the Pentagon then shoved it in a desk rather than risk having it see the light of day.

Well, yes, but this doesn't have anything to do with the graphic that was posted on page 1.

But yes, to everything else.

[Anonymous]

The defense budget is also a public works project now. Where would all those folks work? Duh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The defense budget is also a public works project now. Where would all those folks work? Duh!

What percentage of them are immigrants on work visas? Or is this a nonissue there?

[Anonymous]

correct me if I'm wrong but when the military was forced to downsize it couldn't do the volume of work, and hired back all the people it had forced out as contractors for double the pay. Theres a lesson there I think....