What The U.S. Could Do If So Much Money Wasn’t Wasted On Health Care
It is almost impossible to wrap one’s head around the amount of money the United States wastes on health care. Here are some ways that money could be better spent.
Trump Calls For $54 Billion More In Defense Spending, Cuts Elsewhere
As Trump calls for a $54 billion increase in the gargantuan defense budget, the real winner of the 2016 election may be the military-industrial complex.
Pentagon Says $125 Billion Waste Report Not Suppressed
Citing a report from January 2015 and 28,000 downloads from its website, the Department of Defense argued it had not suppressed a report on wasteful spending.
Inspector General Report: Pentagon Misreporting Trillions Of Dollars
The Pentagon has been caught, once again, not keeping track of where the money is going and remains unable to go through an audit.
Special Investigator’s Report Details US Corruption In Afghanistan
Late last month, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a blistering report detailing millions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse in the US and coalition reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. The report, issued to Congress on July 30th, presents the results of a series of investigations conducted by SIGAR that revealed $37.4 million in “questionable costs” in the last quarter of the year — those costs lead to a total of $279.5 million in questionable costs identified by SIGAR to date.