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Here is something that liberals don't understand, tax payer dollars are finding their way to fund programs that make no sense to main street, regardless of the arcane routes the dollars follow to get there.

Mike, the Philippines is estimated to have 20% of the economy as fraud, waste, abuse, or graft, whereas for the US it's 5%. 5% is very good as far as large Western countries go, so in spite of everything, we do well. So we pretty much know, and we know we aren't the worst. So when I look at the military flunking it's audit - all that's part of the 5%. In discussion about the military - no one seems to have their finger on why they have a problem other than "lack of internal controls", etc. Alpha and I could form the Federal Unknown Kleptocracy Office System and make an attempt, but we'd just make reports for the House and Senate to go nowhere. Really, just what is going on over there? Fix dat

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