Source: The New Republic
by Indigo Olivier
“Imagine a trillion-dollar publicly-traded company that was regularly in the news for corruption scandals, couldn’t account for a majority of its assets, and has never passed an audit. Shareholders would demand resignations. The SEC would launch investigations. Executives would be forced to resign. Yet, when it comes to the Pentagon, the largest line item in the federal discretionary budget, this persistent level of dysfunction has largely been met with indifference. … If the Trump administration is really serious about reducing wasteful spending, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency would have spent the last month at the Pentagon, not the U.S. Agency for International Development.” [editor’s note: Does someone want to tell this “pundit?” The DOD audit is still to come; “You said” was just the lowest hanging fruit. – SAT] additional editor’s note: Does someone want to tell SAT that the word “gullible” is written on the ceiling? – TLK] (02/18/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/191611/doge-targeting-wrong-agencies