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mopinko

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30. afghan rock cutters. my son is a rock hound. there are a lot of rocks coming out

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:40 AM

Mar 2015

of afghanistan right now. he claims soldiers are bringing them back with them, shipping them out, and otherwise making a lot of money off this.
wonder if those rock cutters are being used by personnel over there.

he says no small part of it is people who can now just pick them up after ied explosions and bombings. but that little item caught my eye.

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With $8.5 Trillion Unaccounted for, Why Should Congress Increase the Defense Budget? [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP

To get their own chunk of the next $8.5 trillion? [n/t] Maedhros Mar 2015 #1

So how does the military handle their books for the U.S. Treasury department? They cheat. Octafish Mar 2015 #2

Missing or funneled to black projects? Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #6

When the Military or the Police to it, it's NEVER a crime. -nt- 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #34

K&R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2015 #3

Wow. That's way up from the $1.5 trillion Rummy found missing on 9/10/01. leveymg Mar 2015 #4

Rumsfeld held a press conference on 9/10/01. SamKnause Mar 2015 #29

What's $800 million, here or there? ;-) leveymg Mar 2015 #33

I love posting this... mikeysnot Mar 2015 #39

Accounting dept of Pentagon, i presume? n/t yodermon Mar 2015 #43

Ya gotta fund the classified part of the budget somehow.... (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #5

Kickin' Faux pas Mar 2015 #7

Imagine the outrage if this money were "missing" from Medicare or food stamps. n/t winter is coming Mar 2015 #8

Freedumb ain't free! progressoid Mar 2015 #9

From the same congress still chiseling nickels Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #10

we'd have to spend it on labor, health, education, infrastructure, art, and science! MisterP Mar 2015 #11

Nope.... Sparhawk60 Mar 2015 #25

Any other place and time, that would be automatic grounds for an investigation Rex Mar 2015 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Adam051188 Mar 2015 #13

Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #14

You mean the five-sided RATHOLE, is what you meant to say. That's its ACTUAL function.. Volaris Mar 2015 #18

When the US flies pallets of money to Iraq and it LuckyLib Mar 2015 #15

Bush's people explained that. It's because Iraq at the time had "third world accounting." tclambert Mar 2015 #45

Republicon military junta is above accountability ErikJ Mar 2015 #16

K&R B Calm Mar 2015 #17

Insanity maindawg Mar 2015 #19

And we know there's not a goddamn thing that can or will be done about it BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #20

This is why I am drifting far away from the Democratic party. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #21

Agreed BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #22

I've become cynical in under 2. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #24

Greg Palast's Armed Madhouse had all kinds of examples SomethingFishy Mar 2015 #23

$8.5 trillion out of a $10.1 trillion budget are unaccounted for???????? DetlefK Mar 2015 #26

Yet we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly. Scuba Mar 2015 #27

You would think those in power would feel some shame and embarrassment /nt think Mar 2015 #28

afghan rock cutters. my son is a rock hound. there are a lot of rocks coming out mopinko Mar 2015 #30

the hell w auditing the fed. audit the pentagon. mopinko Mar 2015 #31

As we saw with Reagan...if you don't fund them, they'll do something illegal to get it. HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #32

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2015 #35

k and r niyad Mar 2015 #36

You NEVER hear the terms "pay for", "austerity", or "deficit" in relation to the military budget. bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #37

It's easy. Who are the 10 richest people in the world? They have it! nt valerief Mar 2015 #38

One word people: Stargate knightmaar Mar 2015 #40

I'm dying. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #42

MIC - a way to siphon the treasury to the 1%. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #41

That amounts to $472 Billion per year, or $3,715 per taxpayer per year. closeupready Mar 2015 #44