When It Isn't Your Money, You Can Waste It!

You Won't Believe What the
Government is Wasting Millions
on Now

• Nov 3, 2015 
• Source: AAN 
• by: AAN Staff

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Today's reminder that
 there's a difference
 between national
defense and nation
 building- One is
 necessary to keep
 our nation safe;The
 other is an opportunity
for connected
contractors to get rich:

A gas station

in Afghanistan

sponsored by

the US

government cost tens of millions in tax dollars to construct, but so far the

federal government is refusing to say why.

A federal watchdog report showed the natural gas filling station totaled a

whopping $43 million to build, a rate far exceeding a similar Pakistani project

that cost just $500,000, or about $306,000 at current exchange rates, The

Washington Post reports.

Overhead costs along for the project in Afghanistan’s came in at $30

million, a figure that remains unaccountable because of an uncooperative

federal agency, according to John Sopko, the Special Inspector

General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

The DOD allegedly can't account for the expenditures because no one associated with
the program is with the Department any longer. It's almost conceivable that the project
managers received some sort of multimillion dollar windfall and cashed out.

Nearly 10,000 troops still remain in Afghanistan, which has been described as "fragile" by
President Obama, who noted recently that the Taliban has made gains. Stories like this
should leave Americans wondering how much money we've wasted on similar projects
 that could have been spent better protecting those who choose to serve and protect us.

 Source: AAN

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