You have GOT to read this to this to believe it.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman
I wonder why the DoD can't pass an audit 8 years running. And why its budget keeps going up anyway.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman I have no doubt that they blew through billions of wasteful spending. But why is this article wasting time talking about expenditures in the tens of thousands? Those are trivial for a country with a third of a billion people, or as part of an $800 billion budget, and don't provide any real insight into where the money is going.
Even people who are good at math tend not to have any intuition for large numbers. Better to divide by population. So if the government wastes a billion dollars, that's $3 per American.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
Where does lobster tails fit into the Warrior Ethos?
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@heidilifeldman I have no doubt that they blew through billions of wasteful spending. But why is this article wasting time talking about expenditures in the tens of thousands? Those are trivial for a country with a third of a billion people, or as part of an $800 billion budget, and don't provide any real insight into where the money is going.
Even people who are good at math tend not to have any intuition for large numbers. Better to divide by population. So if the government wastes a billion dollars, that's $3 per American.
@heidilifeldman The only large item mentioned was over 200 million for furniture. They spent tens of thousands on doughnuts? They have 2.6 million employees! That's maybe a thousandth of a doughnut per person. The article is an embarrassment. None of this is a defense of Hegseth, quite the opposite. But it's lazy, innumerate reporting.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
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I want my taxes back. -
Where does lobster tails fit into the Warrior Ethos?
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman I kept scrolling down after reading the article, there are further interesting articles - hard to believe that these idiots are the "leaders" - Yikes!
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman #EagleTactical make fruit basket stands?! I’m in @GayDeceiver
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman “If federal agencies don’t use the entirety of their budgets by the end of the fiscal year, then they lose access to that cash forever, potentially putting themselves in a situation where they have to request a reduced budget the following year.”
If that’s not planned economy then I don’t know what is.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman does this article exist on a more mainstream news source ?
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@heidilifeldman does this article exist on a more mainstream news source ?
@zed @heidilifeldman the Open The Books blog on Substack is the primary source. Unless they also published their findings as a more official report.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman 7 MILLION DOLLARS ON LOBSTER TAIL!
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman ...but it's not their money, is it.....Perhaps waste should be punished by making those people in charge personally, financially accountable. Pay it back heggy baby!
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@heidilifeldman Well that swamp has to drain somewhere, doesn't it?
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@heidilifeldman but he has nice a helmet for hair, soooo
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@zed @heidilifeldman the Open The Books blog on Substack is the primary source. Unless they also published their findings as a more official report.
@bbbhltz @zed @heidilifeldman https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/open-the-books-bias-and-credibility/ in case it is helpful. You can try and verify actual spending on https://www.usaspending.gov/ by searching for lobster.
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You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
@JonChevreau @heidilifeldman Very few actually get the chance to blow money like that it is clear to me that these are the lucky few who are for better or worse so transparent with their intentions here that it made me genuinely laugh. Not because I support the measure, but I could see myself doing something a lot more useful to make those funds go a lot further than that.
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@heidilifeldman
I just want to know what kind and how many donuts one gets for $511 per order. Does it include cream-filled? Jelly? BOTH?! -
@bbbhltz @zed @heidilifeldman https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/open-the-books-bias-and-credibility/ in case it is helpful. You can try and verify actual spending on https://www.usaspending.gov/ by searching for lobster.
@emilsit @bbbhltz @zed @heidilifeldman very good tool! Can compare/contrast with other administrations on line item basis.
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@heidilifeldman The only large item mentioned was over 200 million for furniture. They spent tens of thousands on doughnuts? They have 2.6 million employees! That's maybe a thousandth of a doughnut per person. The article is an embarrassment. None of this is a defense of Hegseth, quite the opposite. But it's lazy, innumerate reporting.
@not2b @heidilifeldman When the average order of doughnuts is $500 worth it begins to look weird. And the Steinway may be less than $100'000 but it's still blatant corruption.
