There has been some serious hand wringing about the creation of a new government department–the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. I am sure there are many bureaucrats in Washington that will say it is completely unnecessary. However, the numbers tell the story.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Red State<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n It was reported<\/a> on Friday that the Pentagon, the nation’s largest government agency, failed its seventh audit in a row,<\/em> still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget. Worry not, suggested Pentagon officials, who stressed that they’re making “good progress” toward a clean audit in 2028.<\/strong><\/p>\n Two thousand twenty-eight?\u00a0<\/em>Something tells me that in the minds of Elon and Vivek, more than four years isn’t good enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to reports, the Department of Defense — led by often-under-fire Secretary Lloyd Austin –technically earned a disclaimer of opinion, meaning it failed to provide sufficient information<\/em> to auditors to form an accurate opinion.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n First question: Why? I’ll venture a guess that the answer is because sufficient information was nowhere to be found, which raises the second question: Why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n Incidentally, the Pentagon has never<\/em> passed an audit since the agency became legally obligated to conduct them in 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Without mentioning names, as I suggested earlier, I have a feeling that the Defense Department will be held fully accountable\u00a0<\/em>for both its expenditures and its initiatives long before 2028.<\/strong><\/p>\n I think I’ll just leave it here, for now.<\/strong><\/p>\n The next two years are going to be very interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There has been some serious hand wringing about the creation of a new government department–the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. I am sure there are many bureaucrats in … Continue reading