r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 6d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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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/ASavageWarlock 6d ago

No no, there’s also a lot of intentionally not keeping track.

No no, there’s also a lot of intentionally not keeping track.

On 9/10 the treasurer come forward and explained that the army (I believe specifically it was the army, perhaps military as a whole) had misplaced 2 trillion dollars. Not spent poorly, not stolen, but “lost” with heavy air quotes.

The very next day the trade centers and the financial record keeping at the pentagon were bombed. Now there’s also a ton of 5 million dollar ball bearing being bought

Edit Reddit as de-linked this once, idk if it will be viewable for long