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$1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« on: February 12, 2025, 01:08:53 pm »
 
$1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon

With an annual budget of $850B, the Pentagon has long been plagued by accusations of waste and recently failed its seventh straight audit
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Published February 11, 2025 11:53am EST
 

Voters discuss Trump administration's government reforms amid DOGE's sweeping changes
Iowa resident Don O'Connor and Wisconsin resident Nick Schultz joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss their reaction to DOGE's effort to reform the government during the first days of President Donald Trump's second term.

President Donald Trump's team of zealous cost-cutters under Elon Musk will soon set their sights on the U.S.’s largest discretionary budget.

With an annual budget of $850 billion, the Pentagon has long been plagued by accusations of waste and inefficiency in its defense programs and recently failed its seventh straight audit.

"We’re going to find billions, hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud and abuse," Trump predicted in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier on Sunday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/1300-coffee-cups-8000-overpay-soap-dispensers-show-waste-doge-locks-pentagon-elon-musk?dicbo=v2-3vLHyRp
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2025, 01:11:05 pm »
There is absolutely no doubt in my ex-military mind, they have only scratched the surface of the waste - maybe not even that. :thud:
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2025, 01:24:03 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on February 12, 2025, 01:11:05 pm
There is absolutely no doubt in my ex-military mind, they have only scratched the surface of the waste - maybe not even that. :thud:

Seems to me that the cost of "Star Wars" and "Space Force" weapons systems and development have a connection here.

Don't believe it's all going into someone's personal bank account all the time.
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2025, 01:37:40 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on February 12, 2025, 01:11:05 pm
There is absolutely no doubt in my ex-military mind, they have only scratched the surface of the waste - maybe not even that. :thud:
Such a shame we had to wait till now to even start to do anything about this. Where the hell have the Republicans in Congress been?
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2025, 02:22:53 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on February 12, 2025, 01:24:03 pm
Seems to me that the cost of "Star Wars" and "Space Force" weapons systems and development have a connection here.

Don't believe it's all going into someone's personal bank account all the time.
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« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2025, 02:43:01 pm »
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2025, 02:55:45 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on February 12, 2025, 01:37:40 pm
Such a shame we had to wait till now to even start to do anything about this. Where the hell have the Republicans in Congress been?
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2025, 03:52:44 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on February 12, 2025, 01:24:03 pm
Seems to me that the cost of "Star Wars" and "Space Force" weapons systems and development have a connection here.

Don't believe it's all going into someone's personal bank account all the time.

If the expenditure is legitimate why does it have to be hidden by overpaying on innocuous items?
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2025, 04:01:13 pm »
Quote from: bilo on February 12, 2025, 03:52:44 pm
If the expenditure is legitimate why does it have to be hidden by overpaying on innocuous items?

Was thinking only about 'Top Secret' weapons systems that you don't want divulged to adversaries.

For example laser-weapons and/or anti-gravity high tech flying objects reverse engineered from crashed UFOs, etc..
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2025, 05:23:58 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on February 12, 2025, 01:24:03 pm
Seems to me that the cost of "Star Wars" and "Space Force" weapons systems and development have a connection here.

Don't believe it's all going into someone's personal bank account all the time.
I would hope that what is being padded is being diverted into development projects or ones which are 'off the books' for security reasons. If the next gen stuff is 'out there' like SDI dreams, I'm good with that, provided those aren't padded and there is no diversion to personal accounts or political activism.
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2025, 05:27:07 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on February 12, 2025, 01:37:40 pm
Such a shame we had to wait till now to even start to do anything about this. Where the hell have the Republicans in Congress been?
Advocating for Continuing Resolutions instead of a real Budget, that's where.
Newts' 1994 budget was the last one in D.C.

We have been freewheeling it since then
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2025, 05:43:30 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 12, 2025, 05:23:58 pm
I would hope that what is being padded is being diverted into development projects or ones which are 'off the books' for security reasons. If the next gen stuff is 'out there' like SDI dreams, I'm good with that, provided those aren't padded and there is no diversion to personal accounts or political activism.

I actually hadn't thought of that possibility...and hope that's what the overpayments are for.
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2025, 05:47:34 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 12, 2025, 05:23:58 pm
I would hope that what is being padded is being diverted into development projects or ones which are 'off the books' for security reasons. If the next gen stuff is 'out there' like SDI dreams, I'm good with that, provided those aren't padded and there is no diversion to personal accounts or political activism.

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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2025, 05:48:58 pm »
Quote from: berdie on February 12, 2025, 05:43:30 pm
I actually hadn't thought of that possibility...and hope that's what the overpayments are for.
We saw this in the past with coffee pots and toilet seats on B-52s but both might have to function at positive and negative Gs, and high angle bank and even (yike!) inverted without creating other problems, like unwanted fluids in the cabin. IIRC, hammers were getting hammered as being another grossly overpriced item. I don't recall where that 'extra' money went, but I believe it was to another program.
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Re: $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2025, 07:52:03 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on February 12, 2025, 04:01:13 pm
Was thinking only about 'Top Secret' weapons systems that you don't want divulged to adversaries.

For example laser-weapons and/or anti-gravity high tech flying objects reverse engineered from crashed UFOs, etc..

I see why these might need to be kept quiet, but why not label the expenditures as "Dark Projects". If they are paying for these programs by inflating toilet seat prices all they do is make themselves look stupid and diminish support for their budget.
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2025, 03:36:33 pm »
Every person involved with purchasing on these items that are out of order should be immediately terminated with cause.

Clearly there is fraud taking place.  And anyone involved with auditing said purchases should also be terminated.
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