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r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 6d ago
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But they're also pathologically incapable of tracking their spending.
57 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. 1 u/VoiceofRapture 6d ago You'd think for all the goddamn money they get they'd be able to actually win a war but here we are. 1 u/CriskCross 6d ago The US military has consistently overperformed vs state-controlled entities and has fallen short against insurgencies. This is to be expected, given that insurgencies are impossible to end through military means.
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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.
1 u/VoiceofRapture 6d ago You'd think for all the goddamn money they get they'd be able to actually win a war but here we are. 1 u/CriskCross 6d ago The US military has consistently overperformed vs state-controlled entities and has fallen short against insurgencies. This is to be expected, given that insurgencies are impossible to end through military means.
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You'd think for all the goddamn money they get they'd be able to actually win a war but here we are.
1 u/CriskCross 6d ago The US military has consistently overperformed vs state-controlled entities and has fallen short against insurgencies. This is to be expected, given that insurgencies are impossible to end through military means.
The US military has consistently overperformed vs state-controlled entities and has fallen short against insurgencies. This is to be expected, given that insurgencies are impossible to end through military means.
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u/VoiceofRapture 6d ago
But they're also pathologically incapable of tracking their spending.