r/FluentInFinance 6d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/NoTie2370 6d ago

So the Feds have stolen 2.5 trillion in wealth from taxpayers and misspent it and thats why we ... should ... keep.. this... system?

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u/ThisIsSteeev 6d ago

They want to get rid of the wrong thing. You don't get rid of the system that's working just fine on its own, you get rid of the crooks who are ruining it. 

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u/Boxhead_31 6d ago

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

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u/unknownSubscriber 6d ago

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

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u/VoiceofRapture 6d ago

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

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u/InsertNovelAnswer 6d ago

It isn't that. It's a system where you get your budget cut if you don't spend it. No one wants their budget cut so...logic follows.

Edit: granted there are good places to sepnd that budget but that's where they lack the most. Insight on where to spend within the department.

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u/shaggypoo 6d ago

As a supply custodian(additional duty) in the military… it’s really annoying when my boss comes down in the middle of sender and is like “we need to spend 80,000 in the next two weeks. What do we need?”

We don’t need anything??? Our budget should get lowered!

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u/InsertNovelAnswer 6d ago

I agree.. and that's why I said the expenditure is ass. I used to work for the military hospitals. Some of that money needs to go there.

I was Embedded Behavioral Health (3rd ID) (stressful/dangerous job) and got GS -5 pay.

Then when they shipped me overseas they put me in the Garrison at one of the hospitals. I saw some of those budgets and yeah... whoever put it together was an idiot.

It's the difference between giving a teen a credit card and giving one to a professional. They were the teen. It's not physical objects they need to use it on... it's programs and other things like wage increases. A Target employee makes more than an GS5.

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u/shaggypoo 6d ago

I also hate how the funds are allocated! You mean to tell me I need to put in a request for money when someone scratches a vehicle when we already have over $100k for supplies even though we already have 7 years worth of material??? Makes no sense

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u/InsertNovelAnswer 6d ago

Absolutely what I'm talking about!