The Pentagon has planned to destroy around $1 billion dollars worth of ammo since April 2014, all because they say there is no system in place to share them across different branches of our armed forces.
“Despite years of effort, the Army, Navy and Air Force still don’t have an efficient process for doing something as basic as sharing excess bullets. This Government Accountability Office (GAO) report clearly shows that our military’s antiquated systems lead to millions of dollars in wasteful ammunition purchases.” states Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
And how much did DHS purchase?
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The insanity of this is deplorable! I guess it explains $1000,00 toilet seats though…
Let me get this right. The govt.. used our taxes to buy 1 billion dollars of ammo to destroy it. That’s insane.
Congressional members hand out no bid military contracts every day. Reagan jacked the miltary funding and so did both Bush I & II. This is about jobs in congressional districts and no bid contracts to military contractors who give them gifts, trips, stock tips, and campaign money. Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Eisenhower and Kennedy all warned about perpetual war and the war merchants, the arms makers.
Why do you think the right wing keeps screaming the government is going to take your guns? The NRA and the right wing get donations from the gun makers.. domestic arms sales almost doubled. Having a black president has been a gift from god for the gun makers… 12 BILLION in gun sales… they are LAUNGHING at the American consumer who shelled out billions after they used scare tactics to increase sales
This is all being done on purpose. War is coming and Hell will soon follow
Because we’re fixing to be attacked and they want us to fall!!!!
Well, why don’t we just go to war, problem solved.
Waste on the ISIS!
Send it to my house, I’ll destroy it
sell it to us, the taxpayers who paid for it, the actual owners of the ammo.
Seems to me if the government is TRULY interested at lowering debt, they would sell it on the open market to recuperate the loss. But we with open wide eyes see their scheme.