Moreover I've worked for defense contractors. Remember the $1000 hammer. That was only the very tip of the iceberg. In several of the companies, I saw such a horrendous waste that I was truly appalled. And the old boys in the Pentagon just blithely let it by, they probably did not want to upset their retired friends running or working for the contractor. Besides most of them would end up in similar jobs after they retired. Even if 20% of the waste in military spending could be eliminated (it would be a very easy effort from what I recall) it would have the effect of a major increase in defense spending.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary P. McNeel, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 2:15 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > I was in through the 80's, start to end. While they did not > live like gods, > they did okay. This is the same age that kids are struggling > through college > with nothing. I started as an E-1 and got married as an E-3. > We had zero > problem and in fact lived in a nice house off base (Dyess > AFB, Abilene, TX). > We watched our spending. I owned an '81 Corvette and a > KZ-1100 full dress > bike. My wife (at the time) worked an okay job as a fitness > instructor. One > thing I saw, and it was in or out of the military, is that > Americans bought > into the debtor, instant gratification game. > > The reality is that the military squanders money. The accounting is so > antiquated as to be laughable. Waste is rampant. Theft is > rampant. There are > almost no safeguards against stealing. There is a ton of CYA > with faulty > reporting. Accountability is nearly non-existent. Whistle blowing just > screws you, so no one does it. > > No, we pour 360 billion dollars a year into defense for what? > So terrorists > could fly planes into our civilian buildings, on our home > soil, and kill > thousands. The military did nothing to stop it. War on our > soil, and they > were not there. Not that I blame them, mind you, it is not > their fault. > Only, having the strongest military in the history of this > 4.5 billion year > old planet could not stop 19 people from attacking us on our > home soil and > killing thousands. > > Oh, let me guess, if we spent MORE money on defense, we could > have prevented > this, right? Pah! > > -Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > > > When I was in the military in the 80s, during the Reagan > era, there were > > E-1s and E-2s that qualified for welfare. > > > > > > H. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:12 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > > > > We had a poor military in the '90s? > > > > When I was in the Navy in the 90's there were E-1 and E-2's > that qualified > > for welfare... No spin, these guys and their wives were my friends. > > > > Hatton > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
