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To: combjelly who wrote (762356)1/8/2014 5:40:00 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573827
 
I'd certainly like to redirect the defense budget. It's one of the few areas where Ron Paul agrees with me.



To: combjelly who wrote (762356)1/8/2014 5:47:29 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1573827
 
>> Well, the military is unable to account for hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

Not true.

Last year they had 10B in unreconciled items. Borderline immaterial given the size of the budget.

And nothing compared to Medicare's waste, fraud and abuse.