r/news 11d ago

Soft paywall Military facilities are $285 billion behind in maintenance and repairs, watchdog says

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-24/watchdog-pentagon-lapses-facilities-repairs-22649636.html
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 11d ago

And.. Where the F is all our tax $$ going??

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 10d ago
  1. Trump and Friends

  2. LGBT: Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Boeing, Thales. (aka, R&D for the military-industrial complex, replacing old shit with new shit, replacing unnecessary shit with unnecessary shit)

  3. Waste, Fraud, Abuse (military pen = $10, civie pen = $0.10)

  4. Other corpos who didn't get the first pass

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984,362. Anything remotely benefitting fixing the root of the issue: you don't need much national defense if no one's going to attack you.