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35. You are probably correct in your surmise
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:39 PM
Jan 2013

There are most likely mistakes, fraud, and redundancy in many govt agency accounting efforts. However, the Pentagon and DHS are two agencies that are publicly known to fail to present full accounting for their agencies with the amounts totaling TRILLIONS of $$$$.

In a time when we talk about cutting help for the elderly, women & children, and the poor; after a war based on lies; after a decade of tax cuts for corporations that benefit the most from a strong world wide police force for their foreign subsidiaries; it's time to make sure that the agencies meant to defend America do not harm it by squandering large amounts of the American tax payers money (DEBT).

It's time to hold the pentagon & DHS accountable for the trillions in tax payers funds entrusted to them.

K&R LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #1
Small Wonder robertogt Jan 2013 #59
CT or real? Agschmid Jan 2013 #63
Rummy made the statement regarding the $2.3 trillion that is unaccounted for: think Jan 2013 #65
thanks. n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #67
Very not real zappaman Jan 2013 #74
My bad. think Jan 2013 #77
Could one get 100,000 signatures for a White House petition to demand think Jan 2013 #2
that is a great idea! Fight2Win Jan 2013 #5
I checked before posting hoping one had already been started think Jan 2013 #6
How about "Conduct a complete fiscal audit of all Military and DHS Spending." Scuba Jan 2013 #8
Spot on think Jan 2013 #9
awesome! Great idea!! Fight2Win Jan 2013 #12
It only makes sense fiscally and morally for the Pentagon & DHS think Jan 2013 #13
Here is a petition posted here in Dec: think Jan 2013 #21
that one is pretty good, but I have the feeling that yours will be even better Fight2Win Jan 2013 #32
Scuba started a petition: think Jan 2013 #38
I just posted this on my favorite conservative forum Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #55
yes, why wouldn't every Republican be screaming loudly about this? Fight2Win Jan 2013 #72
Dude. Just say "Audit the Pentagon" and give the Huffpo link. merrily Jan 2013 #44
FIND THE MONEY Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #3
We can be all kinds of mad, but we can't do much about it. The article states that the earliest TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #4
why? That is unacceptable. I highly doubt the government would accept that from taxpayers Fight2Win Jan 2013 #14
I have no idea who is (or has been) in charge of the DoD's accounting and book-keeping. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #20
video 2001, apparently CBS did their job at the time, the person who did care about missing money Fight2Win Jan 2013 #24
Terrible. topcat007 Jan 2013 #7
You are correct that it should be audited but I wonder when the last time was that it happened? jwirr Jan 2013 #10
They depend heavily on outside contracters HipChick Jan 2013 #11
And in the meantime . . . Brigid Jan 2013 #15
+1000000 Fight2Win Jan 2013 #17
It's a secret Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #16
SUPPORT OUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS! hay rick Jan 2013 #18
LOL! merrily Jan 2013 #45
Because on Sept 10, 2001 hootinholler Jan 2013 #19
A trillion here. A trillion there. What's the problem? think Jan 2013 #22
Just another day in the MIC. nt valerief Jan 2013 #40
The average citizen is screwed. Beyond screwed. bigwillq Jan 2013 #23
Rep. DeFazio is a critic of the Pentagon's lack of accountability. hay rick Jan 2013 #25
K & R. Dead on. nt Hun Joro Jan 2013 #26
How do we know this isn't symptomatic of the entire Federal Government? dkf Jan 2013 #27
You are probably correct in your surmise think Jan 2013 #35
It probably is, but Defense gets the big bucks. merrily Jan 2013 #46
K&R! G_j Jan 2013 #28
Link to WH petition: "Conduct a complete fiscal audit of all Military and DHS Spending." Scuba Jan 2013 #29
Signed it. Thanks for getting the ball rolling Scuba. /nt think Jan 2013 #39
We also serve, who only sit and type. Scuba Jan 2013 #49
Signed. nt hay rick Jan 2013 #41
I'm #13. Brigid Jan 2013 #50
Signer #16....done. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #51
Signed it 2naSalit Jan 2013 #66
No accountability = Taxation without representation. I'll gladly sign. DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #30
Impose a windfall tax JEB Jan 2013 #31
Smedley Butler suggested 100% tax on war profiteers during war, set price for commodities during war Fight2Win Jan 2013 #33
Love me some Smedley Butler. Brigid Jan 2013 #47
+1,000 Scuba Jan 2013 #53
It'd be extremely patriotic of the military industry corporations to do this too! think Jan 2013 #54
yes Fight2Win Jan 2013 #75
Another institution that is "too big to fail". former9thward Jan 2013 #34
Because beating one's head against a brick wall... 99Forever Jan 2013 #36
parasitic infestations, layers of them. patrice Jan 2013 #37
but... but... but.... haven't you heard the latest NEEOOOzzzzz uhbout TE'O??? Amonester Jan 2013 #42
Next, you'll want them to reduce the military bases in the red states! dmosh42 Jan 2013 #43
K&R JDPriestly Jan 2013 #48
I'm with you, Fight2Win... Aldo Leopold Jan 2013 #52
HUGE K&R avaistheone1 Jan 2013 #56
Only 20 more signatures required for the petition to reach 100,000. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #57
20 signed. 99,980 to go. /nt think Jan 2013 #60
Not 20, 99,977 dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #68
Oops. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #70
Too big to fail! Frustratedlady Jan 2013 #58
Over Cheney's Dead Body Blue Owl Jan 2013 #61
Could somebody please check his pulse..... think Jan 2013 #62
We The People have lost our Democracy is why. PufPuf23 Jan 2013 #64
Yep, we are played like fools. woo me with science Jan 2013 #76
24 signatures as of 3:13 pm. Brigid Jan 2013 #69
Cost-plus, no-bid contracts? duhneece Jan 2013 #71
+100000 Fight2Win Jan 2013 #73
signed RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #78
kick Fight2Win Jan 2013 #79
The Audit Agencies have shrunk dramatically. cpamomfromtexas Jan 2013 #80
A 50% cut will get us to PRE 9-11 levels. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #81
kick Fight2Win Jan 2013 #82
Kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #83
Only 36 signatures as of 7 pm today. Brigid Jan 2013 #84
we should not listen to one more Republican complain about the debt Fight2Win Jan 2013 #85
signed and kicked okaawhatever Jan 2013 #86
Can we make Boehner answer to this? Limbaugh, Glenn Beck,Oreily?? Fight2Win Jan 2013 #87
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