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SomethingFishy

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1. Still missing 11 billion from Iraq too.. not to mention the 2 trillion they can't "track"

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:54 PM

Apr 2015

Boy you file taxes one day late and the penalties and interest start racking up, but they loose trillions of dollars and their reply is " well we spent it but it's just too complicated to track where the money went"

Kind of funny that...

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Pentagon can’t account for $1 billion in Afghan reconstruction aid [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP

Still missing 11 billion from Iraq too.. not to mention the 2 trillion they can't "track" SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #1

Where the money always goes to: graft, corruption, bribes and other pay offs Lurks Often Apr 2015 #2

well, think of it this way.... Takket Apr 2015 #3

If I am correct they do not even audit the Defense Department. At least during the W years. jwirr Apr 2015 #4

This really is outrageous. Pentagon obviously has too much money. Cut the budget. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #5

We spent $100 billion to rebuild afghanistan daredtowork Apr 2015 #6

The rest was spent on drugs and prostitutes. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #7

Can you imagine the berserk outrage if they couldn't account for 1 billion in food stamp funds? n2doc Apr 2015 #8

I really don't know who is rw when we are in charge of this shit. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #11

but you poor people cannot spend your food aid on steaks Skittles Apr 2015 #9

Don't forget those that can afford their yearly Caribbean cruses because they are on food stamps. -none Apr 2015 #10