Pentagon car dealership
Bobo sends us a link to a Washington Post article about the Pentagon IG which has found some new waste, fraud and abuse in which the Pentagon is involved – buying cars they don’t need;
The IG found “511 excess nontactical vehicles, including 89 vehicles driven less than 1,000 miles,” meaning many of the cars and trucks owned by the Navy, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, and Washington Headquarters Services are just sitting in their parking spots.
Eliminating these unneeded vehicles would save about $7.2 million over the next 6 years, the report estimates.
But, yeah, let’s raise retirees healthcare costs and raid their Tricare surplus to buy some more new toys we don’t need. Like I’ve always said, there’s plenty waste in the Department of Defense that they could cut before they come after veterans’ wallets, but then they wouldn’t have a parking lot full of shiny cars they don’t need.
Category: Big Army
The Penatagon can afford cars they don’t need, and yet posts like mine can’t even afford the contract to have dumpsters on post.
Further proof that many Kevlar rice bowls need to be smashed.
Anyone remember the crappy Chrysler K-cars GSA dumped on us back in 1he 90’s? That was a result of the crony capitalism bailout of Chrysler Motors. Yup, lots of waste at DOD.
I wonder how many of these are Chevy Volts….
You know 7 million here, 7 million there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.
Try to get use of one if you actually need one.
But… but I thought the spending stuff was being cut.
Silly PH2, spending is being cut on everyone else, it frees up more green for them.
Hey people, get it together. We’re at war. You can’t fight a war without heated seats and new car smell…
@3, VOV, you beat me to it, I was wondering the same thing! I heard that Chevy has a new ad campaign for those klunkers, they’re going to be called “Chariots of Fire”!! In the 70’s it was the Vega, in the “twenty-teens” it’s the Volt!
I think it would be VERY nice if those in the Very top echelons forewent a number of their perks and luxuries in the interest of saving money to the advantage of the Enlisted Personnel, but to top brass and politicians, that’s sacrilege!!
Sounds like a win-win to me. Parking is lousey at the 5 side. Having an extra 511 parking spaces could make a decent dent.
O waite that violates the common sence rule.
-Ish
@8 yeah they only have a 1,000 miles on ’em because nobody can stand driving that piece of sh1t….they cut the price on that sh1tbag and offered 7500 dollar tax subsidies to buy them and still nobody wants it because it sucks….by the time your investment in the car pays off in gas cost savings your great, great, great grandchildren will be dead….