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Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers (www.popsci.com)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When they say they can't afford to forgive student loans, this is what they mean. This is where the money went. A trillion each year into the military that can't say where the money went and fails the audit each year.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We need to reduce education spending to help balance the budget. What's that? The Army says they don't need any more tanks? They already had a large surplus? Here's an authorization and order for 5,000 more at $10.6M each. Now about social security...