So the Pentagon has "lost" $8.5 trillion since 1996, what $8.5 trillion looks like

[AZ Progressive]

Last edited Thu Jun 4, 2015, 12:21 AM - Edit history (1)

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/06/report-reveals-85-trillion-missing

Yahoo Money' The Daily Ticker is reporting that is has discovered a Reuters investigation that reveals $8.5 trillion – that's trillion with a "T" – in taxpayer money doled out by Congress to the Pentagon since 1996 that has never been accounted for.

A few ways to get an idea of what $8.5 trillion looks like

$1172 for every person in the world (yes, 7.25 billion people)

$26,480 for everyone living in the United States (321 million)

$69,672 for everyone who pays federal income tax (122 million as of 2010)

106 Bill Gates (each with a net worth of $80 billion)

8,500 x 1 billion

8,500,000,000,000



Take this stack of $100 million dollars in $100 bills




Put enough together to make about $1 trillion dollars (and yes, these are double stacked)





and then multiply this by 8.5

















and another one half of one of these



Talk about possibly the biggest heist in world history.

[Politicalboi]

1. They need another "plane"

To take care of the bookkeeping. Oh no, all the papers to track that money gone up in smoke. Aw Shucks. The last time we were told about the money loss of the Pentagon we were attacked. And on the day of groundbreaking ceremony of Pentagon 09/11/41.

[aspirant]

2. "lost, unaccounted for"

No, you mean stolen

Why should ANY students loans be paid back when we have Defense Dept trillion dollar thieves, bailed out Banksters and corporate bankruptcy laws where multinationals discharge megabucks.

[gratuitous]

6. Yeah, I'm going to have a little difficulty

I'm going to have just a weensy bit of trouble listening to the budget hawks (like those assholes in Kansas) bitching about people spending part of their SNAP benefits on unapproved shrimp. Swallowing whole herds of elephants while straining out the eyelashes of gnats.

[msongs]

3. the current CIC will get right on this....just like the previous one did nt

[johnnyreb]

4. Yeh but have you heard of any unaccounted for SINCE this report?

So there!

8.5 TRILLION !!! - The Pentagon's Doctored Ledgers Conceal Epic Waste - Reuters
Dec 3, 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024125014

Pentagon can't account for 8.5trillion in the last decade and a half....
Nov 29, 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017161933

With $8.5 Trillion Unaccounted for, Why Should Congress Increase the Defense Budget?
Mar 24, 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026409458

[moondust]

5. Check Cheney's basement.