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15 Ways Netizens Think Military Is Wasting Tax Dollars (And You Won’t Believe It)

In military spending, some fund allocation may surprise. A forum user asked, “What's the biggest money waste in the army?” Check out the top responses.

DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING GEAR

“The amount of time and money spent developing and producing gear that is twice the price and half the quality of pre-existing commercial, off-the-shelf items.”

BAG OF BOLTS FOR 15K

“Spoke with a contractor in Afghanistan who bought a bag of bolts for 15k with government money. Normal size bolts, like 50 of them.”

ON POST HOUSING

“On post housing. All that money, and it’s still bad.”

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS

“The amount of computer peripherals and cables I’ve seen units purchase and barely use is sickening, and all for it to be obsolete in a year or two.”

STATIC-LINE PARACHUTING

"Questioning the number of paid parachutist positions in the army and the relevance of airborne brigades. [Link remains intact]"

TRANSPORTATION COST

"Transportation costs are high. Being part of the border crisis revealed the inefficiency - we'd ship equipment across the country on trucks and barely use it. Air transportation is extremely costly. It's like setting money on fire."

FOOD WASTE

"Everything, but I despise food waste, aware of the massive waste from DFAC, MRE, Hot Chows, etc."

RECLASSING SOLDIERS

“Reclassing soldiers after failing two consecutive tests for a MOS (Military Occupational Specialty).”

THE PAMPHLETS AND PROPAGANDA

“The pamphlets and propaganda, we don’t need the warrior ethos posters in every building on the post. If you’ve made it that far, you probably get it.”

USE OR LOSE SYSTEM

"Use or lose mentality wastes money. If we promote saving rather than wasteful spending, funds can be allocated to better things."

BOX OF PEN

“Everything. A 16$ for a box of pens. 10$ goes to the contractor, 4$ to the employees and 2$ for the pens.”

PRINTING

"Everyone in command has a tablet for briefings, saving millions on printing. Bonus if tablets have two slots for CAC enabling document signing."

MASSIVE FURNITURE

The biggest waste is ordering lots of furniture only to dump it after 5 years. Even un-assembled desks and surplus chairs end up in the bin.

CONTRACTING

“Contracting. The lowest bidder, sometimes the bidder, gets a lot of money for work. Not every contract is bad, but in my experience, most are.”

TRICARE

“Tricare. Having a private company running it is not saving money.”

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