Posted on 05/23/2018 9:21:28 AM PDT by davikkm
Detailing the specifics of waste or even graft that has transpired inside the military-industrial-security complex is a task that could get an investigator killed. The biggest cash cow is wrapped in the flag and exists within a culture where mere scrutiny lays open charges of being unpatriotic. Munitions merchants maintain a special relationship with Generals and Admirals who promote, protect or facilitate the continuous development and deployment of weapon systems. The revolving door of influence rewards compromised legislatures or bureaucrats with executive payoffs when they leave government service. Senator Enzi Seeks Timeline for Ongoing Pentagon Audit, shows concern that this accountability process actually takes place. Aspirations for What to Expect from the Pentagon’s First-Ever Audit need to be realistic.
“Beyond the obvious accounting of assets—an estimated $2.4 trillion worth, including everything from infrastructure to personnel to weapon systems—an audit will create opportunities for careful consideration about the best use of military dollars. Even if the accounts show that every single penny that goes into the DOD is spent mindfully, wisely, and efficiently, there’s still cause to debate the ends that those pennies enable. The audit doesn’t obviate the need to have these discussions—it should spark them.”
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How about a State Department audit to find the missing billions from the Clinton era?
My goodness, what’s next, the FED???
Well, yeah. Lots of made in the USA stuff got into the hands of bad guys involved in overthrowing legally elected governments.
Social sciences and Humanities huh?
It occurs to me that the Mueller anal exam gives Trump a huge political blank check to order investigations of the swamp creaturses immune from the inevitable objections of the swamp.
“Social sciences and Humanities huh?”
Very appropriate for a highly educated liberal like this jerk.
While I will assume this is a witch hunt, I will still state that every public department at every level (city, county, state, federal) should be subject to continuous GAAP audits every quarter to identify waste, fraud, abuse, and opportunities for saving taxpayers money.
I will further state that such an audit should consist of a random non-government employee CPA (required to support to sustain his licensure), and 3 non-CPA, non-government citizens. Audit to consist of 1 week per quarter. All to be paid the same as for jury duty and afforded the same protections. Each quarter required to be different non-government personnel. Each quarter required to audit prior 2 quarters and current quarter. No citizen to serve more than one quarter (week) per year).
Pray everyone in the Name of Jesus for evil to be uncovered and justice restored. God knows it all. . .not to ask Him makes no sense.
I used to manage the organizational credit card for a small Pentagon group (150 folks). About every three months, the audit folks would call up and want to talk about a purchase. It would take me about 90 minutes to dig out the paperwork, research the facts, and then I’d have to write a three page explanation over the purchase. For items costing $5k to $100k...it made sense.
One day, they called me up and identified a special screwdriver kit which cost $8, which we had purchased. I went back....researched the whole thing. We had actually avoided GSA and normal path....using just the local hardware shop, and I could even show the homework done....we saved around $3 over the GSA pricing. So then I got around to the paperwork involved and the report. There was probably $100 of man-hours involved....over an audit of a $8 screwdriver kit. I felt silly but at least it proved that audits work the way they are supposed.
A decade ago, I had a conversation with a contractor who led a bid deal for his company that was worth around $100 million a year. The government contract specified that they had have x-number of employees to provide x-work. No problem. Then it specified that they had to have three PhD professor-types. My contractor questioned this and bluntly told the government guy that this was a total waste of manpower for what they were doing. On top of that...each of the PhD guys had to have a secretary, and private office space. It was a total waste but the government guy mandated this. After winning the bid, then came the problem of trying to hire the PhD guys. One of them wanted the company to privately ship his horse from west coast to this site in Virginia.
Where did owebama get $150 billion in cash to give to his buddies in Iran?
,,,,,, Duh !!!
They also give 'speeches' in oil rich Middle East countries.... speeches just like the Clinton's gave...
And the audits should include that kind of nonsense not just the accounting aspects.
These folks also give 'speeches' in oil rich Middle East countries.... speeches just like the Clinton's gave. Speeches that are nothing more than technically legal bribes.
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OBAMA GAVE RHAM EMANUEL TWO KEY JOBS Soon as they occupied the WH, Obama placed his COS Rahm Emanuel in control of the US Dept of the Treasury (oversees the IRS).
PAUSE TO REFLECT First-term Obama had tight control of Treasury; Obama calculatedly placed his then-COS Rahm Emanuel in a dual role.......in the WH and at Treasury. Obama had a stranglehold on Treasury via COS Rahm Emanuel's dual role
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THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move.
When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09
More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html
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Pres Trump needs to suggest AG Sessions make an inquiry to the US Dept of the Treasury and be sure to ask what RAHM AND Obama were doing in the US Treasury after Obama got elected.
Treasury prolly HAS a huge Rahm/Obama paper trail. One can get awfully rich awfully fast knowing the Fed's Treasury moves in advance.
But the Iran connection could prove to be even more interesting considering the hundreds of millions Obama secretly gave to Iran.
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