the horror

What does Russia have to do with us? Unless it's a treatied Ally I don't see any reason to care what Russia is doing

same

Not my country

Who is arguing against that in here?@randomNPCno3

@Troye - I'll concede that the military bolsters an immense budget that demands more auditing to ensure funding is allocated responsibly to necessary programs. There's alot of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse that absolutely should be held to account. However, it's a separate argument. It's better to highlight the budgetary cuts and shortfalls to programs that require funding rather than pointing a finger at the military industrial complex.

The hypothetical person that would claim we're traitors

Honestly I don't get why we're friends with the Saudis but Russia is bad

Fucking auditing by people who dont know what the military needs. ffs

I would rather buy oil from the Russians if we have to buy it at all

@dizzy So germany then?

Yeah no

Don't know what you're getting at

Saudi's crude output is considerably higher than Russia's - we've also been trade partners with em since before the Cold War.

China is definitely a bigger problem than Russia. They're spreading all over the world

@Louis - Internal auditing - more from entities that understand the budget such as the IG

How the fuck would that work?

Oh you dont need that ammo right now

Saudi keeps its position at the top because of us knocking their rivals out of the game

You need a missle right now

but only one

Same way it normally does. Having a designated entity review the fiscal year budget allocations and determine which areas are irresponsibly spending to maintain their annual quota.

Thats called congress

Or it would be

So fail

Nah, this is more practical application. Alot of military orgs have departments that are provided with an annual budget. That org or unit will furiously purchase bullshit before the fiscal year close-out to ensure they receive the same quantity the following year.

Point is - you can absolutely increase internal auditing to ensure a healthy budget is being promoted

Having an audit every year would mean less research into expiremental tech and less stuff altogether

We had shit like this is 1880

And we suffered for it

Mauser action? nope

Not so much - there's entire divisions dedicated to R&D. I would advocate for financing auditing agencies to reclaim lost funds. Could easily allocate that funding to more relevant projects, or scale back to other govt programs.

Single load

Cheaper because muh audit

This literally made the us less advanced than the rest of the world

When it was used

It's more like taking that 80K a Supply Battalion is dumping on last-minute bullshit to maintain their funding so it would be transferred to a forward deployed combat unit in need of equipment

https://tenor.com/view/donald-trump-toilet-paper-bye-gif-12669445

I double checked and I couldn't find an accurate representation of our spending. However, I did see that on paper social security, medicare, etc. make up a chunk that odds are is bigger than deffence spending. One of the major problems is where all the money is actually going. Money is being siphoned out of social security to pay for everything else. Each of the major chunks of spending needs reform.

@Mersenne I agree the argument could be worded better. But its really simple. We're spending way too much. And that includes millitary. The fact stands that our millitary is larger than the next seven largest countries combined.

lol no\