Nick Shirley Exposes $110,000,000 Fraud
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Pitdogg2
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That's easy! Toilet seats and hammers...
Model 457
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I thought the toilet seats and hammers were NASA purchases.
Mr.W.
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We paid for them, regardless. . .I thought the toilet seats and hammers were NASA purchases.
Talyn
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Lab4Us
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Since those losses likely go back to 1947, not likely…though I’m sure once DoD (now DoW) started relying on contractors, it got significantly worse every time more contractors were added…
Edit - Those lobbying costs are expensive, don’t you know…
Might notice he says it's based on his "own research", more click bait. More tax dollars are spent by both sides in non-competitive contracts than all the fraud perpetrated by scammers.
And, btw, low bid contractors (with inside info) often have time schedules and cost overruns that, in the end, are nowhere near the "low bid", it's business in the military complex.
And, btw, low bid contractors (with inside info) often have time schedules and cost overruns that, in the end, are nowhere near the "low bid", it's business in the military complex.
As noted, nobody will get hard time-at worst a slap on the wrist and a damaged political future. I was in Dubrovnik Croatia last year. Seems that once upon a time it was a “city state” and an independent nation. They had an interesting political system Ther was a council of senior statesmen and a leader. The leader was basically a dictator. A new leader was elected every year. He was audited when he went into office. At the end of a year he was again audited when he left office. If he had the same or fewer assts when leaving office as he did when entering he became an honored senior statesman. On the other hand, if he was richer at the end of his term, he was given a swift public execution! Tended to make for honest politicians
Talyn
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DOGE reported that there were ~4.7 trillion USD in expenditures that are untraceable during the POTUS 46 admin.
With the rampant increases in the National debt, which devalues the USD, is one of the main reasons for things becoming more expensive.
With the rampant increases in the National debt, which devalues the USD, is one of the main reasons for things becoming more expensive.
Cedric
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The hammer and toilet seat incidents make for a lot of laughs but here is how it works, and I am not defending scams and corruption. Virtually all spare parts for a military system are put forth as a package.
Those parts have to meet certain specs and many are unique to a military vehicle or aircraft and key point: they won't work/fit in a civilian setting. The package is part of the bid, and if accepted, the huge amount of nuts, bolts, circuit cards, toilet seats, and hammers are priced out. We had $4.00 bolts for motor mounts which in 1980 is ridiculous to the layman, but all parts must add up to the agreed price of the package. And at least in my day, they were all accounted for and came out of the unit's operations and maintenance budget, so it behooved the commander to watch his $$$ carefully.
For the 211+ trillion unaccounted for in Pentagon assets, I'd start looking at the Taliban. Maybe they can give us a count.
Those parts have to meet certain specs and many are unique to a military vehicle or aircraft and key point: they won't work/fit in a civilian setting. The package is part of the bid, and if accepted, the huge amount of nuts, bolts, circuit cards, toilet seats, and hammers are priced out. We had $4.00 bolts for motor mounts which in 1980 is ridiculous to the layman, but all parts must add up to the agreed price of the package. And at least in my day, they were all accounted for and came out of the unit's operations and maintenance budget, so it behooved the commander to watch his $$$ carefully.
For the 211+ trillion unaccounted for in Pentagon assets, I'd start looking at the Taliban. Maybe they can give us a count.
Anchorite
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There are plenty of “DOGE fact-checked-type” reports out there that comfirm DOGE got a lot of stuff just flat wrong, so I wouldn’t jump to cite DOGE as any legitimate authority as to government waste.
Talyn
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Yea, the first modern "hard look" audit of US Govt. business was a waste of time, since there's no fraud, waste & corruption in SS, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, Climate change subsidies, Illegal alien importations, CA & MN & other state govts use of Fed funds. yadda yadda yadda.
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