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The only mortal threat to the US military is a cut in their trillion dollar budget. This super-soldier horseshit belongs in comics.

by jpxxx 14y ago

mtgx 14y ago
It's surprising that very few people even question how the military got from a $200 billion budget to almost a trillion in a little over a decade. And most in Congress seem to be keen to automatically increase their budget every year, and not even investigate if some of the money is being wasted. Bill Binney, the NSA whistleblower, said that he could build a project for less than $10 million, but the NSA bosses rejected it, because they wanted to buy a similar project for $4 billion instead. And this is just one example exposed by one whistleblower (not through official means). Imagine how many other such examples must exist, and how many projects are being overpaid by 10x-100x simply because it's taxpayers' money and nobody bothers to check how these guys are spending it.
- SlamingLamb 14y ago
  Its a National Security risk to expose what the National Security Agency does. Its also a National/Global Security risk to have as much information as the National Security Agency has. That's just ONE agency, let alone private entities collecting similar troves of information. This world is FUBAR. Happy new years.
- bjhoops1 14y ago
  Or because the CEO of a defense contractor plays golf with a few congressmen.
- scarmig 14y ago
  This is definitely on the paranoid side of things, but... I suspect a line item for $4 billion dollars on a $10 million project doesn't mean $3.99 billion is being wasted on corruption and inefficiency. I'd guess it's more likely that at least half of that is going to secret projects that they (definitely a mysterious anonymous THEY) want to keep off the books.
  - mburns 14y ago
    No, they already have a black budget for that. Or the CIA drug companies to funnel money through, for that matter. The idea that we overspend on Hammers and Toilet seats is poorly thought out and repeatedly debunked. There is no need to jump through such silly hoops to pay for projects that are super-duper secret.

The only mortal threat to the US military is a cut in their trillion dollar budget. This super-soldier horseshit belongs in comics.

by jpxxx 14y ago

The only mortal threat to the US military is a cut in their trillion dollar budget. This super-soldier horseshit belongs in comics.

mtgx 14y ago

It's surprising that very few people even question how the military got from a $200 billion budget to almost a trillion in a little over a decade. And most in Congress seem to be keen to automatically increase their budget every year, and not even investigate if some of the money is being wasted. Bill Binney, the NSA whistleblower, said that he could build a project for less than $10 million, but the NSA bosses rejected it, because they wanted to buy a similar project for $4 billion instead. And this is just one example exposed by one whistleblower (not through official means). Imagine how many other such examples must exist, and how many projects are being overpaid by 10x-100x simply because it's taxpayers' money and nobody bothers to check how these guys are spending it.

SlamingLamb 14y ago
Its a National Security risk to expose what the National Security Agency does. Its also a National/Global Security risk to have as much information as the National Security Agency has. That's just ONE agency, let alone private entities collecting similar troves of information. This world is FUBAR. Happy new years.
bjhoops1 14y ago
Or because the CEO of a defense contractor plays golf with a few congressmen.
scarmig 14y ago
This is definitely on the paranoid side of things, but... I suspect a line item for $4 billion dollars on a $10 million project doesn't mean $3.99 billion is being wasted on corruption and inefficiency. I'd guess it's more likely that at least half of that is going to secret projects that they (definitely a mysterious anonymous THEY) want to keep off the books.
- mburns 14y ago
  No, they already have a black budget for that. Or the CIA drug companies to funnel money through, for that matter. The idea that we overspend on Hammers and Toilet seats is poorly thought out and repeatedly debunked. There is no need to jump through such silly hoops to pay for projects that are super-duper secret.