Huckabee racist tweet.

[Kev3188]

You're against a more efficient use of your tax dollars?

 

[townpete]

You're against a more efficient use of your tax dollars?

 
Since when do liberals actually care about efficient use of tax dollars? 

 

[Kev3188]

Since always.

That's not what I asked.

 

[townpete]

Since always.

That's not what I asked.

That's another howler

 

[Ms Tree]

It's a lot of BS to plod through but the amount of waste in the DoD is just stupid big.  
 
http://www.gao.gov/assets/320/317081.pdf
 

A small number of programs are driving most of this cost growth; however, half of DOD’s major defense acquisition programs do not meet cost performance goals agreed to by DOD, the Office of Management and Budget, and GAO. Further, 80 percent of programs have experienced an increase in unit costs from initial estimates; thereby reducing DOD’s buying power on these programs.
 

 
http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy12/RIB%20DODIG-2012-004.pdf
 

National Stock Number 1680-01-482-3952 is a guide assembly used on the Blackhawk helicopter. As of May 2010, AMCOM had 4,047 in inventory valued at $5.9 million or $1,449.41 each at the DLA Distribution Depot, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. AMCOM officials stated annual demand outside of CCAD is 53 and the CCAD/Sikorsky contract requirements were 54 in 2010 for total annual requirements of 107. Consequently, based on total 2010 demand requirements, the Army has roughly 37.8 years of inventory for the guide assembly that should be used before procuring additional parts from Sikorsky. In response to the audit, AMCOM reduced the 2011 CCAD/Sikorsky contract requirement from 90 to 0.
 

 
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10469.pdf
 

The average annual value of the inventory for the 3 years reviewed was about $13.7 billion. Of this total, about $7.1 billion (52 percent) was beyond the amount needed to meet the requirements objective, and about $5.1 billion (37 percent) was not needed to meet the requirements objective plus 2 years of estimated future demand. Of the $5.1 billion, DLA had an average of $4.1 billion in retention stock (materiel for possible contingencies or materiel deemed to be more economical to keep than to dispose of) and had identified $1 billion as potential excess (for reutilization or disposal).
 

 
 
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.  We need to do the same for SS, Medicare and a host of other programs.  I think it can be run efficiently (at least a lot better than it is) but it will take a massive effort on our part to hold Congress accountable for it.  I do not see that happening anytime soon.

 

[Ms Tree]

Since always.

That's not what I asked.

Give up.  You'll never get an answer to any question you ask him.

 

[townpete]

It's a lot of BS to plod through but the amount of waste in the DoD is just stupid big.  
 
http://www.gao.gov/assets/320/317081.pdf
 
 
http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy12/RIB%20DODIG-2012-004.pdf
 
 
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10469.pdf
 
 
 
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.  We need to do the same for SS, Medicare and a host of other programs.  I think it can be run efficiently (at least a lot better than it is) but it will take a massive effort on our part to hold Congress accountable for it.  I do not see that happening anytime soon.

 
 
Kinda hard when you have leftists like Obama end running congress and throwing out EO's by the hundreds bloating the debt......

 

[Ms Tree]

I think an added side benefit of slimming down military expenditures would be keeping our military home.   No need to go traipsing around the world rebuilding nations who have no interest in rebuilding.

 

[777 fixer]

I would consider consolidating the NSA, FBI and CIA into one entity.  Theoretically it would allow more efficient use of manpower,  more efficient use of resources and better internal communication.  
 
I think this would be a good start.

 
I don't think anybody would be comfortable with having one agency whose job was not only signals intel, overseas intel and domestic law enforcement.  

 

[700UW]

Give up.  You'll never get an answer to any question you ask him.

It's awesome having him blocked.

 

[townpete]

It's awesome having him blocked.

You know I can still see your nonsense and call it out as such.

lol

 

[KCFlyer]

 
You could eliminate several departments for starters.
Sooner or later, no matter who is at the helm, Humpty Dumpty is going to fall off the wall, and hard.
Yall can jerk me about the 2011 depression and all but something wonderful is going to happen if spending isn't drastically checked.

 
Tell me which republican candidate will cut those departments....INCLUDING defense?  When you cut $100 billion from social services and increase defense spending by $150 billion....you aren't addressing the debt.   Out of all the republican candidates, ALL of them support increasing the military (that costs $$$) and all but one (Donald Trump)  proposes cutting taxes.  Not sure how that is supposed to work.  You're right...it doesn't matter.  But in the off chance the GOP wins in 2016, I do believe that Fox will not focus nearly so much on the debt anymore. 

 

[KCFlyer]

Since always.

That's not what I asked.

 
You do realize you won't get an answer.  But....that's why they called them "tax and spend" democrats....at least they recognize that you really should attempt to pay for what you buy.  Republicans have tended more to "borrow and spend".  

 

[Ms Tree]

I don't think anybody would be comfortable with having one agency whose job was not only signals intel, overseas intel and domestic law enforcement.

Ive heard the argumrnt before but I dont see what the issue is.

 

[Ms Tree]

I think part of the problem is it will take alot of money to fix thr problems so that we can save money in the long run. People in thsi country seems fo be mainly concerned with shoet term issues as opposed to lokking at long term issues.