DoD quashes study showing enormous waste ...

[finnbow]

... to the tune of $125 billion.

The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...aa5_story.html

[donquixote99]

Yes. It is the most bloated bureaucracy the world has ever seen.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Yes. It is the most bloated bureaucracy the world has ever seen.

I'd wager much of that 125 billion in "waste" is actually lobbying costs.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I'd wager much of that 125 billion in "waste" is actually lobbying costs.

No, that would be other waste, money spent by contractors, and so comes from procurement dollars, and so is built into the costs of airplanes and ships and stuff. This particular 125 B. is exclusive of procurement spending--it's part of the Pentagon's own operating cost and overhead.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

No, that would be other waste, money spent by contractors, and so comes from procurement dollars, and so is built into the costs of airplanes and ships and stuff. This particular 125 B. is exclusive of procurement spending--it's part of the Pentagon's own operating cost and overhead.

I see, thanks.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

No, that would be other waste, money spent by contractors, and so comes from procurement dollars, and so is built into the costs of airplanes and ships and stuff. This particular 125 B. is exclusive of procurement spending--it's part of the Pentagon's own operating cost and overhead.

With a strong emphasis on the size of the Pentagon's support-service contractor workforce. From the article:

The data showed that the Defense Department was paying a staggering number of people — 1,014,000 contractors, civilians and uniformed personnel — to fill back-office jobs far from the front lines. That workforce supports 1.3 million troops on active duty, the fewest since 1940.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

With a strong emphasis on the size of the Pentagon's support-service contractor workforce. From the article:

The data showed that the Defense Department was paying a staggering number of people — 1,014,000 contractors, civilians and uniformed personnel — to fill back-office jobs far from the front lines. That workforce supports 1.3 million troops on active duty, the fewest since 1940.

Actually, the 1,014,000 supports 1,002,000 troops on active duty, excluding 298,000 active duty troops who are part of the support workforce.

The 1,014,000 workforce breaks down to the 298,000 military, 448,000 civilian workers, and 268,000 support contractor personnel.

If the number of $200,000 per worker that they give is correct, the whole budget for support and overhead at the Pentagon is some $202 billion a year. The $125 B. the report says can be saved, over five years, with reforms they identify, represents 25 B. a year, a saving of about 12.4% on an annual basis.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

... to the tune of $125 billion.

The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...aa5_story.html

They must not have buried it very well if there's a thread on it in this forum.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

They must not have buried it very well if there's a thread on it in this forum.

Read the article, dimwit.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Read the article, dimwit.

No.

I don't feel like reading it.