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I’m not asking for a full audit of all expenses. I’m just asking where you got the $500.00 fastener number.

Wasteful military spending is one of those things people “just know” but the reality is often more complex than a headline.



Read, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_languag...

Or at least live to your own standard,

>turns out to have been three toilet seats

Where's that info?

>that had to be custom made

Where's that info?

>because they were no longer available

Where's that info?

>These numbers don’t explain what was involved [...]

Where's the explanation behind them?

What is the "accounting methodology" that was used?

Anyone could play that game and keep the conversation stalled indefinitely.


Sorry, posted the wrong link earlier: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-...

It’s not about stalling the conversation. It’s about forming opinions based on actual facts.




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