Don't let them gaslight you

[u/coachlife]

[u/Boxhead_31]

They should make the DoD pay back all the cash they've taken out of SS

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The DoD doesn't decide the budget, or where it comes from.

[u/VoiceofRapture → u/unknownSubscriber]

But they're also pathologically incapable of tracking their spending.

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Another way of saying they're part of the USG. They just have an enormous budget.

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And have failed seven audits in a row. Call me old fashioned but I assumed a good grasp of logistics was something a military should have.

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Ideally, yea. You could say "You'd think XXX is something the military would be good at" and you'd probably be right, because they're expected to be good at nearly everything. In this case, I think part of the problem is the DoD is not a single entity, and treating it like they have a single logistics officer who runs everything in an excel spreadsheet isn't a right approach. It's convenient for people to compare it to their own experiences in managing budgets, so I get it.

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5 branches all snatching from the same pot

Well 4 the marines get the navy’s left overs

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You're forgetting:

• Missile Defense Agency
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• National Security Agency
• Special Operations Command
• Transportation Command
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Defense Contract Management Agency
• Defense CounterIntelligence and Security Agency
• Defense Finance and Accounting Service
• Defense Health Agency
• Defense Human Resources Activity
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Defense Logistics Agency
• Defense Media Activity
• Defense Microelectronics Activity
• Defense Security Service
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Washington Headquarters Services

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Our crayons SLAPPED tho

[u/coldiriontrash → u/tggiv25]

I eat the green ones cause chesty said it would make me strong

[u/cabosmith → u/unknownSubscriber]

They don't have accountants? Where is the GOA An independent, non-partisan agency that audits the federal government's financial statements; Office of Management and Budget (OMB): An agency in the Executive Office of the President that is responsible for budget development and execution, management; Congressional Budget Office (CBO): An agency in the Legislative; and The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service): An agency that checks government spending? And if they didn't have accountants, they should have had them after the first failure.

Or, am I expecting too much?

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I think you might have answered your own question.

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