Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) ripped the Department of Defense’s finances for failing its fifth consecutive audit and inability to account for 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets.

“The most ravenous Leviathan of our government that devours the people’s wealth is the Department of Defense,” Higgins said in an impassioned speech during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on the DOD’s failed audit, financial management practices.

  • Raphael@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    but that’s just a guys opinion.

    About all we can have since the funds are unaccounted for.

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      Do you think the pentagon has EVER passed an audit?

      Do you think a government paying for black projects would discuss these black projects with an accountant just to pass an audit?

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      1 year ago

      Maybe if Congress stopped automatically green-lighting every military expenditure request without question, instead of demanding concise monthy reports on service/equipment purchases AND verified location, the US taxpayer could feel confident that their leadership actually gives a shit about them.

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      1 year ago

      You could certainly form a better opinion based on an overall understanding of military practices, rather than one pulled out of an ass.

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        1 year ago

        Are you saying that representative pulled it out of his ass that America is sending hundreds of billions of taxpayer money to Ukraine?

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          I’m saying the representative pulled out of his ass an implication that $2 trillion worth of missing assets all went to Ukraine. The stuff that went to Ukraine almost certainly is accounted for.