A bookend to yesterday’s SLoTD.
Pentagon Can’t Account for $220 Billion Given to Contractors
Reason | 18 Jan 2023 | Eric BoehmAuditors say the Pentagon cannot account for $220 billion worth of government-owned gear provided to military contractors—and the actual total is likely much higher.
In a report released Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) slammed the Pentagon’s handling of so-called “government-furnished property” (GFP) that has been passed off to contractors with little oversight. The GAO notes that auditors have asked for decades that the Pentagon develop a plan to account for that gear and equipment—which can include “ammunition, missiles, torpedoes,” and component parts for those items—to little avail. In 2001, the Pentagon said it would address the issue by 2005. In 2020, it said the process would be complete by 2026.
Perhaps someday we’ll know how much taxpayer-funded military gear has been handed out to contractors. For now, the GAO notes that the $220 billion estimate is “likely significantly understated.”
Straight Line of the Day: What has the military done with over 220 Billion dollars worth of equipment?
…converted it to $2.80 worth of Bitcoin
You just got $2.80 worth of bacon!
…or 1 egg to go with the bacon.
…It was used to build a new ship named the USS Damfino. Whenever the contractor are asked where the money went they say, “Damfino.”
— in case you didn’t know, Buster Keaton named his boat in real life and in movies that.
Yes, I did know that.
Darn smart guy.
Actually, now that I think of it, Buster may have been the first guy to sneak a swear into a movie. Consider:
In The Navigator, his boat is sinking. He contacts the Coast Guard. They ask him who he is and where he is. He answers with his boat name, “Damfino.” The Coast Guard guy looks shocked and hangs up.
Did obscuries become obsure?
Invested in new military siege technology… large wooden badgers.
Failed to buy any gratitude from the Taliban.
There was no equipment.
$22 billion to The Big Guy
$190 billion to the DNC
$8 billion to Dominion
You have the world of a Biden.
Perhaps someday we’ll know how much
Military gear
Has been handed out to contractors
Year after year.
For now, the GAO notes
— and you can put this in quotes —
The $220 billion estimate is “likely significantly understated”
And they wonder why government
Is underhated.
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All of if went to [REDACTED]
Spacemonkey visits! Hooray!
He’s a legend from the Old Times. Like FrnakJ. Never thought he’d grace our presence again…
They have been playing chess with WOPR…
Unleashing nukes on the dark side of the moon…
…its stored in Biden’s garage beside his Corvette.
Becoming a top poster on craigslist…
What Has the Military Done With Over 220 Billion Dollars Worth of Equipment?
No one knows but the Spec 4s, and they’re not talking.
… The Hammer 4s might know.
Ah, Military insight is tight!
I heard the script originally said “rubbers” but was finally changed to “plastics” in the Editing Room.
I heard it was “covfefe”.
TG he didn’t say “tuna”..wait, wasn’t tuna prices high back then? Imma thinking he should have said “bacon”.
I heard half of it went to Earl & Tom’s Flea Market and half to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.
What has the military done with over 220 Billion dollars worth of equipment?
Have they tried looking under that Afghani Carpet?
Is that like the La Brea Carpets?
What has the military done with over 220 Billion dollars worth of equipment?
Nothing useful.
Have we checked Afghanistan?…. Maybe the Ukraine?… Just a thought.
Item 1- Biden goes to his beachhouse almost every weekend…
Item 2- Secret Service say there may be lots of visitors but they don’t know who and dont have a register.
Ergo-This can only mean that Joe is running yardsales and selling all the kit and munitions…and if you want classified documents, they are in the garage..
What has the military done with over 220 Billion dollars worth of equipment?
Maybe that’s what Canada was secretly buying.
What has the military done with over 220 Billion dollars worth of equipment?
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Pootin: “Do not ask questions Komrade, Brandon is my friend as we all know. Now go enjoy your Siberian Vacation hehehehehe.”
Ask not what your military can do for you, ask what your military can do for uh, you know, the thing.
The Thing. 1982 movie. No animals were harmed in the making of.