95 Weapons Programs $95Bn Over Budget

f0ca1 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 10:29 PM

When Conservatives ask "How you gonna pay for it?" This seems like a great place to start.

*Edit* Should be 295 bn over budget. My Bad.

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Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.

The Government Accountability Office found that 95 major systems have exceeded their original budgets by a total of $295 billion, bringing their total cost to $1.6 trillion, and are delivered almost two years late on average. In addition, none of the systems that the GAO looked at had met all of the standards for best management practices during their development stages.

Auditors said the Defense Department showed few signs of improvement since the GAO began issuing its annual assessments of selected weapons systems six years ago. "It's not getting any better by any means," said Michael Sullivan, director of the GAO's acquisition and sourcing team. "It's taking longer and costing more."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

BillyBob · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 01:14 AM

I'd rather see the money going toward our military than to a bunch of commie social programs.

stekim · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 04:42 AM

Over budget? Who cares? We aren't paying for it anyway.

f0ca1 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:05 AM

Not a problem.

Spending 30 billion to make sure every kid has insurance: just terrible.

f0ca1 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by stekim

Over budget? Who cares? We aren't paying for it anyway.

Hahaha...

yeah, that's the future's problems.

Sadistic-Savior · #6 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:32 AM

Money is never wasted on weapons.

Questerr · #7 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

Money is never wasted on weapons.

Yeah, I mean look at all the benefit we are getting from all that money spent on the Comanche, the Crusader, the Valkyrie, the Darkstar, the XM-8, the....

Sadistic-Savior · #8 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:41 AM

I agree. Any one of those weapons could be incorporated into another project in the future.

f0ca1 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

Money is never wasted on weapons.

I can't tell if this is a serious thought, or sarcasm.

stekim · #10 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:58 AM

It's serious. Sad, but true.

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