It doesn't take DOGE to find fraud, waste, and abuse.

[T. A. Gardner]

It's far too prevalent in the federal government. It's everywhere, and it's egregious.

Take this new example:

The US Army is collecting a portion of many soldier's BAS allowance (Basic Allowance for Subsistence--a food allowance) because they live in the barracks or otherwise are expected to be eating on base for meals and then using that money for something other than feeding the troops. The result is poor quality food and substandard meals being served to them.

Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army

The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members.

www.military.com

Soldiers report empty food kiosks, small portions at Fort Carson

Objections about the food at Fort Carson spiked on the Yelp-style app, Hots&Cots, this fall, where soldiers cited inadequate protein and empty food kiosks.

www.armytimes.com

‘Nutrition is out of our control’: soldiers’ perceptions of their local food environment - PMC

To explore the perceptions of soldiers participating in a US Army Office of The Surgeon General’s worksite health promotion programme (WHPP) on the local food environment within their campus-style workplace. Focus groups were conducted to evaluate ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

MSN

You have to wonder, exactly what that money was spent on instead.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

For those who don't know or forgot:

What Are the Duties of Congress?

Brief and Straightforward Guide: What Are the Duties of Congress?

www.americaexplained.org

 

[T. A. Gardner]

For those who don't know or forgot:

What Are the Duties of Congress?

Brief and Straightforward Guide: What Are the Duties of Congress?

www.americaexplained.org

What exactly does this have to do with the US Army misappropriating roughly $150 million dollars a year that was intended to feed our troops and using it for who-knows-what-the-fuck?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

What exactly does this have to do with the US Army misappropriating roughly $150 million dollars a year that was intended to feed our troops and using it for who-knows-what-the-fuck?

I'm truly sorry you don't understand that it's the job of the Armed Services committees in the Senate and House along with the DoD to provide oversight and corrective action of our military services.