GAO: PENTAGON SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY IT NEEDS $500B IN TAXES ANNUALLY

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Human Events:

The Department of Defense soaks up more than half of all the United States’ discretionary spending — and that doesn’t even take into account the off-the-books spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — but all that money can’t buy a clear purpose or mission statement.

 

The Government Accountability Office slammed the department in an audit released last week for ignoring “most of the statutorily required elements” in a once-every-four-years report to Congress on the department’s internal view of its goals, missions and roles. The department’s report to Congress “was lacking key information” including plans for assessing how well it’s performing its missions, information about who would be responsible for such assessments and how long it would take to conduct them.

 

In other words, the Pentagon couldn’t give Congress some of the most basic of answers about why it swallows nearly $500 billion of American taxes annually.

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Question: Do all of the other departments explain why they need X amount of tax dollars annually?