BOMBSHELL: 60% Of Pentagon Money Is Missing | The Kyle Kulinski Show

[@jayff0000]

If I couldn't account for 60% of my money for 5 years in a row I think the IRS would destroy me.

[@52flyingbicycles]

Definitely spending it on some shady shit

[@sirsmokeefortwence25]

They'd repo your soul lmao

[@kevchard5214]

@@52flyingbicycles Yes its to pay off the politicians that voted yes for this bill.

[@NStarks007]

jfc, theyre not mssing the money or ANYTHING. Kyle doesn't know wtf he' talking about. It's actually fucking embarrasing. This is the same story from a few years ago when AOC thought he pentagon was missing 20 trillion dollars.

[@nuclearsimian3281]

You don't have 200,000,000 guns and every modern jet in the world. You also don't own a 6,500,000 square foot office complex full of papers, and have an insanely complex system that makes you impossible to audit because nobody can figure out where the fuck the money goes.

[@ShinMadero]

I've done audits for companies, and if they couldn't account for 60% of their money, they'd be in deep trouble with the IRS.

[@tonysplace9255]

When you control the IRS...............

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

Yeah, aren't American taxpayers easy? The fact that the Pentagon can't pass an audit is old news. It was required to be audited like every other federal agency since like 1990. After it was put off as long as possible from being audited, it has failed 5 times since to pass an audit. Although the media did report it, it wasn't censored, there was big yawn from American public. This undoubtedly due to the fact that the military has consistently ranked as one of the most respected institutions in the country. Sort of sick, i think - an institution whose whole purpose is cause harm, death and destruction and call it "defense"

[@nocucksinkekistan7321]

everyone but me gotta learn ur cringe

[@HaleyMary]

Obviously, the IRS believe they are special and thought they could get away with this. Any other company would be in deep shit if audits were done and couldn't account for their profits.

[@letsgobrandon7799]

I mean it's not like they're KMart...🤷

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

That money isn't missing. They just don't want to tell us where it is.

[@1massboy]

We know where it is. It’s with the CEOs of every military contractor.

[@ChillStreamsLive]

In their personal bank and investment accounts…

[@theMosen]

no shit sherlock. That was implied.

[@PaleGhost69]

Just a reminder that the gross missing pentagon money is suspiciously close to the national debt.

[@theMosen]

@@PaleGhost69 1. No it's not 2. Please explain how that connection would make any sense.

[@ramonaof12thdimension13]

If they can’t keep account of 61% of their budget, we should cut the budget by 61% and use it to fund healthcare, transportation, education, social services, and so much more.

[@luisdoyer3260]

God I wish, but any senator or congressman who would try to pass that bill would be committing political suicide.

[@dingusdingus2152]

Ramona of the 12th dimension ha ha ha, you're so droll! Not gonna happen...

[@bowlsallbroken]

Hell, put forward a proposal to use just *half* of it for those things and return the other half to middle and working class tax payers. Make the GOP say no to that 🤣

[@dingusdingus2152]

@@bowlsallbroken the sad reality is that the military/industrial complex has swallowed the defense department whole and in so doing has created a massive de facto public employment program; a jillion rank and file employees work for the companies that get the fat weapons contracts. Reducing to DOD budget would only result in the layoffs of a bunch of these folks and that would cause further rancorous bickering between all the opposing factions. It's a no-win deal, the m/i c is a cancer which has metastasized ever since wwii and can't simply be surgically removed from the country. We're stuck with it. As private citizens, our only recourse is to submit our own no bid contracts, and get in on the action: sell $3 widgets to uncle Sam for $900 each...

[@bowlsallbroken]

@@dingusdingus2152 I used to have a friend who's first job out of school with a brand new physics and math degree was in the anti-ballistic missile division of Raytheon. After he was there a little while he told me straight-up it was just a welfare program for intellectuals.

[@pimp22fly]

When Kyle explained how they could have made college free with the same budget increase i got furious, these people are absolutely useless

[@timreyes2179]

Not if you're a share holder. Buying stocks when the corporations control everything is buying into capitalist socialism.

[@bluehero-96]

They're not useless. They're being paid to put corporations before people.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Don't forget that the Senator introducing that Free Tuition Bill on the floor of the Senate was Bernie Sanders -> 2:15 Voting on itwas blocked BUT it drew attention to the cost differences.

[@michaeltrumper]

It would just be sending the money to the university/banking cartel.

[@timreyes2179]

@michaeltrumper seriously the whole American experiment is a grift at this point just to keep the economy rolling. That should be the first admission by anyone running for office that's worth putting in office.

[@flexartistry]

I frankly remember people screaming about “where is the money coming from” when it came to getting rid of student loan debt

[@MalikBarrow16]

Student loan debt, free healthcare, free dental & hearing, free state college, and helping the homeless... Infinite money for rockets

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

@@MalikBarrow16 lol With all this shit and you are STILL on this crap Hahahha

[@nas84payne]

Strange that there isn’t that same screaming over this…

[@nickanderson412]

Institutional murder always gets funding.

[@kanedNunable]

@@MalikBarrow16 you could have universal healthcare for that much. UK spends $20bn a year to make it free at point of use for 60m people.

[@gruuvmunky]

Every Citizen in the ENTIRE COUNTRY needs to see the Video. Share until your finger falls off sharing it.

[@HandleNameIsStupid]

Most people aren't watching this and don't care as long as they can continue to tweet, masterbate, and smoke weed.

[@tonytooshort]

RIGHT!!!! I'm sharing it right now!!!

[@NStarks007]

Kyle is VERY wrong here. These are accounting errors, it doesn't mean the money is missing smh. It's kind of hard to explain but theyre calculating assets.

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

Yeah Kyle can't read. this has nothing to do with money missing or the budget. This is accounting of assets and 60% of the departments didn't pass. If you read the reports it is for a bunch of different reasons a lot just accounting Mumbo Jumbo. Kyle just being surface level headline guy again instead of digging in. If he thought it was such a big deal why would he not download the report like I did.

[@HandleNameIsStupid]

@@bobbob-gx1iq for an institution that gets ludicrous billions every year...this is ridiculous.

[@jasonsmith-mx8kn]

This has been going on for years. Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech at the pentagon about antiquated accounting technology and military bureaucracy on sept 10 2001 where he said the following: “we cannot track some 2.3 trillion dollars in transactions.”

[@inctru]

It's a corrupt, rigged system. What do you expect after 40-50 years (a lot longer really) of normalizing corruption, cheating, predatory behavior, etc.?

[@denver-gi7ot]

This probably began to speed up around the late 70s neoliberal era, at least in the US, but the trend has spread around the world.

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

Just capitalism doing its thing! Maximize those profits, Baebee! 🤑

[@Helaw0lf]

Some degeneracy right there baked in as normal behavior.

[@matlohn9381]

More like since the beginning of humanity. The corrupt and evil have always ruled this world. They are willing to do things to get in power that good people aren't

[@GhostSal]

Without a doubt is a corrupt oligarchical system . Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@abisai_photography]

"We need more money because we keep losing it" That sounds about right.

[@nas84payne]

“losing it” indeed.

[@bigcrazewolf]

I have a degree in accounting and can tell you an audit that large will never be truly accurate, and it's likely higher than reported.

[@chriswolff3893]

True. But if you understand statistics....the larger audit will give you a closer to accurate assessment.

[@darrenhemingway7121]

It doesn’t have to be 100% accurate! But only being able to account for 40% of any budget is criminally negligent. A budget where over half a TRILLION dollars A YEAR goes missing is beyond corruption.

[@chriswolff3893]

@@darrenhemingway7121 absolutely corruption.... Eisenhower warned us

[@gcollins1992]

Both of those things are true, but think about it this way: let's assume this is wildly inaccurate and that the real truth is only a third as bad as Kyle reported. If the audit was at any normal place of business. Would you, your employer, or any third party auditor casually accept a 20% unexplained variance?

[@evilwelshman]

@@darrenhemingway7121 It doesn't have to mean corruption, though it at the very least implies ineptitude - either for the expected bookkeeping or for the malfeasors' ability to cover their tracks.

[@josephbursese7801]

I work seasonally for the Federal gov(NPS and FS), supervisors get mad at you for wasting tax payer money if you don’t work till literally the last minute. I like to remind them of this bs

[@norwoodsstokes3883]

& you should...🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯💯

[@GhostSal]

People high up already know and whístleblowers aren’t very popular; nor are they employed for very long . Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@metamind095]

It is outrages that this is not discussed more in mainstream news. What a media blackout right there!!!

[@autohmae]

The media won't discuss this because they get ads from the defense industry. Some call it the media industrial intelligence complex. Which is also why the media did not question the war in Iraq at the time.

[@SexxStar]

I'm shocked y'all still be shocked...typical USA policy. It's been this way for decades. Dont be shocked.

[@michaelhaydenbell]

??? It's "outrageous".

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

Outrageous, but not surprising. The media never does it's job. They only jingle keys 🗝️ to distract the people.

[@GhostSal]

Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@benjaminmiller3075]

About 5 years ago the local dc paper published a story stating that a dod internal audit revealed 30% of budget was wasted with redundancies and poor communication. Never hit the national press.

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

That's because much of the National press, along with their advertisers, underwriters and subsidiaries, make truckloads of money off of those redundancies and poor communications. Grift and misappropriation are the industry.

[@errr.antiez]

Kyle talks federal funding for our massive military complex. Meanwhile MAGA noncessantly talks about drag shows at libraries. Jeesh! 😅

[@GPGOLDENTEE]

Well think about it. Blowing up foreigners? 'Murica! Gotta protect the children from those nuts at the public library dont ya know.

[@AW-zk5qb]

Kyle talks about Alex Jones half the time. Completely irrelevant compared to exposing young kids to perverts. But of course this escapes the nut job leftist mind

[@beneficent2557]

We watch Jimmy Dore too yo. That F35 clip is so f*cked.

[@mr.lostmychill8249]

Theyre obsessed with them. Projection at its best.

[@mr.lostmychill8249]

@@beneficent2557 jimmy dork??

[@mrgadget1485]

This is what good journalism looks and sounds like! I'm proud of you!

[@vehnashur2771]

The person/people who wrote the article right?

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

Lol Kyle doesn't even know what he is talking about and you call this good journalism. He is just reading an article and doesn't even understand it or look up it's sources of anything this is the definition of bad journalism

[@waltergrace565]

Haha, Kyle's not a journalist though.

[@autohmae]

He missed on big part though: ads by the defense industry is why the media is silent on this. And: the defense industry is one of the biggest contributors of politicians campaigns. Where do you think campaign money goes ? Into the media. Which is an other reason the media is silent on this. Remember how the media was onboard with the Iraq war ? Everyone involved got a nice big pay check and raise even. The bad dictator saddam hussein killed less people in his country as a dictator than the Iraq conflict ended up killing in Iraq. But he killed a LOT, but let's remember who helped put him there: the US helped him into power. So he could fight a war with Iran. The media has become a clicks- and views-driven, which means they fuel fear. In large part on social issues, because that's the dividing line between 'left' and 'right'. Or looking at it from a global perspective on politics: right-of-center and extreme right. Most of the working class agree on the economics, but the rich are in the media and politics and the defense industry.

[@pmq123]

Kyle Kulinski is an average Joe that talks about things like he knows better.

[@hypatia4754]

They've already done this multiple times. Do a search on KZbin on "missing trillions" and there's videos galore from years ago. Kyle himself did a video about it about 7 years ago.

[@LauraVee63]

Not only that, but this is regular banter on this channel. You people who are skeptical watch too much Fox News. Glad you've made it over here, but you're going to soon realize there's no conspiracy theories, hatred or lies. Just embrace the normalcy.

[@121Greenthumb]

Literally like every year there is an article. its bullshit. Cant take care of our own people at home.... WHAT ARE WE DEFENDING WITH ALL THAT MONEY?

[@GhostSal]

$2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@Lord_Bibulous]

When I was stationed at NAS Oceana in 2002 there was a huge scandal involving US Navy credit cards. When the govt. audited the Norfolk/Va. Bch area they found that govt. money was used for lavish trips, personal car payments, jewelry and even breast implants. It was crazy.

[@theelike4302]

Yet nothing will happen. I hate this shit.

[@1monki]

I get the feeling we receive this particular "BOMBSHELL" every 5 to 10 years.

[@garytheprogressivelibertar560]

It's every year now

[@thegator589]

I saw a story once that said 6 trillion $ of government money was unaccounted for between 2000-2020 and thought that was crazy… this is even worse

[@goliathonscave9834]

$6 Trillion was just 2016 alone. The total is at least $21 Trillion.

[@stephennootens916]

Look we all have misplaced a couple trillion here or there. It happens to the best of us.

[@rje024]

look up Donald Rumsfeld September 10th, 2001

[@GhostSal]

Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@dingusdingus2152]

@@stephennootens916 to paraphrase senator Everett Dirksen: a couple trillion here, a couple trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking about some real money...

[@scandinavianflickgd7331]

The money isnt missing, its just in all of their pockets.

[@OldCleisthenes]

Didn’t Rumsfeld say something like this back in September 2001?

[@OntoBunny]

100% 7/11 was a part-time job.

[@radupopescu5379]

@@OntoBunny Lousy job didn’t even pay minimum wage

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@radupopescu5379 At least they invented magic self rearranging flame resistant passports.

[@michaeld4861]

That's insane! Imagine if a hedge fund said they couldn't find 60% of their clients money, that probe would would be so fast and hard that anyone near it wouldn't walk right ever again.

[@nas84payne]

Lawsuits, trials all over the place.

[@ChillStreamsLive]

I don’t know if I should be mad about this stuff or laugh out loud.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

laugh mightily, yet STERNLY

[@rms1493]

Angry. Violently angry.

[@yodastitch4227]

Both

[@dannyferguson9415]

This is the kind of content you should do more of. Good job.

[@skye4800]

Robert B. Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, has been talking about this since 12/8/22

[@michaeldoomchild4861]

Can I refuse to pay taxes? This is unacceptable.

[@oliviac5476]

Oh no! Maybe we should give them even more money to help find the lost money? /S

[@feedingravens]

I heard that years ago that there is no accounting system for the military expenses. And that it is not said that payments are done multiply via different departments. A toilet seat on a B-2 bomber costs 7,000 dollars. And an anecdote about waste here from Germany: When the Bundeswehr/Luftwaffe bought Lockheed F-104 Starfighters, each one was delivered with a complete set of tools. But you only need a handful of sets, more or less one per airbase. So hundreds of toolsets were packed away, never used. My school had an oscilloscope from that surplus, a giant monster. And that is me, a germ (an), who can find that out easily. It is fascinating that a country that has zero threat at its homeland border (or does anybody think Mexico or Canada would invade, or an invasion across 3000+ miles of open sea would be possible?) needs military expenses of the next 14 nations combined. The only real threat for the US are intercontinetal missiles. But instead you have an agressor army, 10 aircraft carrier strike groups afloat, more than all other nations combined, able to reach any point in the world in days, has hundreds of military bases all over the world, again more than all other nations combined.

[@Alice-df5lu]

Kyle needs to include sources in his videos, I struggle so much find the articles on Google sometimes

[@Honkin_Chonker]

Kyle gets his news off twitter. He has no actual soueces.

[@NewNormalWorldOrder]

@@Honkin_Chonker Even worse: _he gets his news from mainstream sources…_

[@FloppyCheeks.]

@@Honkin_Chonker citation needed

[@maxsteel32]

@@Honkin_Chonker as we watch him scroll through a Reuters article.

[@greeleyestateslove]

Reuters

[@dylanbuchanan6511]

Read “War Is a Racket” by Smedler Butler. It’s only an hour long read on audio but basically explains how this stuff happens. And was written RIGHT AFTER WW 2 where he predicted this.

[@josephshatrowsky]

But people would rather blame the struggling Mexican family seeking asylum

[@ellie_vargr]

The fact that we don't know where 60% of the defense budget goes should be a cause of concern for literally EVERYONE.

[@autohmae]

except for the enemies of the US, they might think maybe the US isn't spending as much on the military after all

[@thephoenixrises6665]

Yeah and still we can't get student debt relief or Medicare for all... God our politicians are freaking stupid

[@Rob_Cary]

Fox news will say this money is gone because of the COVID checks from two years ago lol

[@Always.Smarter]

they're not stupid, they're doing what's best for themselves. why would they change if there is no accountability?

[@spindragon]

Thanks Kyle !! This is a major story and should be the lead story even the the main stream media. This is why your posts have over a billion views

[@armgemboiii]

Help him reach 1 Million Subs!! He’s almost there he’s currently at 981,000 subs.

[@dansmodacct]

well of course it won't be, b/c they are part of the system! Pay attention!

[@spindragon]

@@dansmodacct Why would you assume that I'm not aware the main stream media isn't promoting our current corrupt economic system? They're owned by the people who benefit the most and funding by advertisers who benefit as well.

[@dansmodacct]

@@spindragon exactly!

[@17iesa]

Wait. Isn’t this the same thing Rumsfeld admitted to shortly before September 11 happened? 😅

[@andrewgrove1691]

Yup

[@allenmorgan6847]

Are you implying another 9/11 on the horizon?

[@picolete]

@@allenmorgan6847 A sudden war

[@17iesa]

@@allenmorgan6847 implying? No. Just pointing out a “funny” coincidence

[@End420Prohibition]

Oh it wasn’t a coincidence. You really gonna tell me that an “airplane crashed” into the pentagon, and not ONE of the 19 cameras on that side of the building manage to spot it or save any evidence of it? Nor did they find any fuselage or wings or any other plane parts anywhere in the debris? Somebody on the inside planted a bomb to eliminate evidence of the missing money. That wasn’t a plane

[@DavidSecurity1]

Excellent perspective. Good job Kyle.

[@b.h.6599]

this is why i am subbed

[@Tonyrg1988]

I dont know why people wouldnt be thrown in prison for this kind of thing

[@1978usmarine]

I didn't know until recently, but the department of energy falls under the department of defense. Some of the national defense spending actually went to fund the nuclear labs for fusion energy.

[@massimookissed1023]

The NIF Labs' fusion research is more about thermonuclear weapons research without having to test an actual nuke than it is about ever generating clean energy.

[@1978usmarine]

@@massimookissed1023 it's true their joint memorandum include programs like nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and domestic energy production and energy conservation.

[@erikvan9582]

Even so no way that takes 50 billion years per year for R & D

[@goozebump]

@@erikvan9582 and then immediately privatize it if anything beneficial comes and their friends starts businesses and monopolize the market based off the taxpayer research and the cycle continues

[@jenofire8724]

This shit pisses me off, I’m a military wife, and so little of those funds go towards our troops. And how MUCH wasteful spending there is. It’s disgusting and I’m so sick of it. Kyle, SOOOOO glad you reported on the F35. No one talks about those damn things it’s one of the BIGGEST money pits the military has been throwing funds at. A jet that doesn’t fly, kills pilots, is basically a piece of junk.. but our government (Biden included) KEEPS BUYING THEM! Yet, overseas bases have had their COLA (cost of living allowance) cut completely, free lunches for school aged children cut. Here on Yokota, in the beginning of the pandemic, those who tested positive- were forced to stay in moldy rooms, with out a functioning kitchen or bathroom. But still, we get the most funding , it all goes to the top. Generals , colonels and top brass fly around on private jets, and officers treat enlisted like crap. Not all, but most care very little for those they’re supposed to lead and look out for.

[@wilcee238]

You know the crazy part, I honestly don’t think that the military is straight up stealing money. I remember being on a submarine, and when our printer stopped working, we didn’t try to fix it, we just tossed it overboard and got a new one. There’s a lot of waste.

[@Rod934]

Agreed. I saw a lot of waste like that as well.

[@timreyes2179]

Things like that are usually cheaper to throw away than pay an American wages to fix it or sort it. Shits cheap but not even lower class American time is that cheap

[@mtpruden]

@Will Cee. I was on a sub too. The amount of waste is absurd.

[@evilwelshman]

Alternatively, the funds continue to sit unspent in some government account/budget that everyone's forgotten about that's earmarked for some project/sub-comittee/department that is no longer active.

[@2727rogers]

That kind of spending would be accounted for. There would some kind of purchase order done to replace the printer and the company suppling the printer would send an invoice for payment. There would be a paper trail for an auditor to follow. Is it example of a waste of money. Yes But it is not an example of unaccounted spending.

[@lyndonbarsten393]

Great reporting.

[@massimookissed1023]

Robert Reich posting on YT is where I first heard about the latest defense budget.

[@whoizcuatro]

Did people forget we lost $2 TRILLION dollars on September 10 2001🤔🤔very next day plane/missile hits the freaking pentagon. Just the 2nd most protected building in America ya know smh sick of politicians in America tear it down and start over

[@bigfatbaataed]

I'm a retired computer programmer & back in my school days I recall one example of computer crime, was some government employee in the US wanted to take home a little more pay, so he created a fictitious military base & all the personnel had very similar names to his own & nobody question this new base that suddenly came into existence. In the end, he turned himself in because while nobody questioned its sudden appearance he was sure they'd investigate its sudden disappearance, not sure if he did any time because nobody higher up wanted to answer for how this could happen on their watch... Not sure if this is true, but, 60% missing money has to go somewhere...

[@BlaiseTighe]

We, the people don't talk about FWA in politics is because it's been happening for decades and even when we do talk about things like the military industrial complex and the fact the majority of our economy just vanishes every decade or so, we're just dismissed as unpatriotic loon's. Our fundamental rights and infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly and we as individuals are hopeless to stop it and our leaders are not held accountable for corruption. What are we supposed to say or do to fix that?

[@BillyBasd]

What's FWA?

[@BlaiseTighe]

@@BillyBasd Fraud, waste, abuse

[@jim7700]

i am bringing this up at my IRS audit....

[@macmillanr1]

great video , keep it up, just found your channel - already a fan

[@yishnir]

Really fantastic coverage. Thank you for presenting the actual numbers, striking charts, and useful comparisons.

[@leafyrox]

The pentagon bought 4 hammers, that's where it all went.

[@balance2100]

This needs to go viral. Absolute failure of government

[@ChaseSchleich]

Last time it came out that the Pentagon was missing such a huge amount of money, it's financial department just happened to be part of the 9/11 attack.

[@louisleon4419]

Thx for covering this!

[@52flyingbicycles]

At this point if you told me the missing 61% was all going to the Stargate project I would believe it

[@lj1653]

no of course not. "stargate" is just a codename for our landing pad for our 'galaxy class' aircraft, the code name for a prototype aircraft

[@benzell4]

Thank you Kyle for highlighting this issue. It is so important for citizens to realize, yet goes completely under the radar of most people in the U.S. due, as you say, to the complacency and complicity, of the MSM and Corporate media, masquerading as news outlets. Thanks for all you do!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I remember seeing the F-35 crash last week and I literally thought "I wonder when Kyle willl talk about this disaster of a plane?"

[@kenmvilla]

The thing is, the F-35 isn't a disaster. Yes, it is expensive, but the one in the video is just one version that has VTOL capabilities. It's quite a complex system and yeah there are going to be some problems. But in reality we will save money with a more universal fighter than several different aircraft for the several different roles.

[@flyinace54]

@@kenmvilla I'd argue saving money with a universal aircraft is debatable and depends on it's actual effectiveness. The F-35 is incredibly expensive to produce and run, and if it's going to actually replace other fighter type aircraft its going to have to fly a lot more than it does now, and we will require quite a few more which just increases cost. As well if it's actual effectiveness in a particular mission set is low, then it will require even more aircraft to accomplish the same mission one or two specialized aircraft could. I'd say the only thing we know for certain is the F-35 is simplifying the maintenance side by being only one aircraft type and the logistics side by only requiring the procurement of parts for one type of aircraft. Not to mention the F-35 isn't one aircraft, it's 3 different aircraft all with different parts and assemblies to accomplish the needs of each branch that flies it which is part of why the cost of it has ballooned so. More specialized aircraft also mean more streamlined and give the potential for a lot more cost efficiency on a per unit basis. The intention of this aircraft was supposed to be a workhorse that flies all day every day, even the military has come out and said that's not how this aircraft has turned out. www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/23/the-us-air-force-just-admitted-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-has-failed/?sh=759533ee1b16 "The F-35 is a Ferrari, Brown told reporters last Wednesday. “You don’t drive your Ferrari to work every day, you only drive it on Sundays. This is our ‘high end’ [fighter], we want to make sure we don’t use it all for the low-end fight.”

[@kenmvilla]

@@flyinace54 The problem with that article is that it is not true. The USAF did not admit the F-35 is a failure. The article just says they're looking for a replacement for the F-16 to be used as a trainer, patrol aircraft, get pilots their flight time, and perform missions where an F-35's capabilities just aren't necessary. The idea of using a less sophisticated fighter for certain tasks is nothing new. For example, the F-35 was never intended for the tasks I mentioned above the F-16 currently serves. This is how military aircraft life cycles normally play out. Check out Lazerpig's video titled "Shut up about the F-35"

[@flyinace54]

@@kenmvilla Right except in that very article it references how the F-35 originally began with the exact concept of replacing the F-16 and doing all those roles. But now its mutated into something different so we have this crazy new aircraft that's brimming with new technology making it expensive and at times unreliable, but we still have the same problem that we are spending way to much dollar per bomb on target. It's been awhile since I've seen Lazerpig's video so I'll have to go back and watch it again, but my original point is that the idea of the F-35 being better than multiple different more focused designs is still debatable. It doesn't just come down to one design better than many, you have to consider it's actual effectiveness in all aspects, from logistical to combat, compared to more focused designs that accomplish specific goals and see where it rides. I've yet to see a one size fits all piece of military hardware workout yet so I'm going to remain doubtful of the F-35 until it proves itself otherwise. Also, I'm not disparaging it as a terrible aircraft, the point is still about whether it was the right choice to make it a jack of all trades vs a master of one.

[@kenmvilla]

@@flyinace54 I understand where you are coming from, and I am certainly in the camp that we spend FAR too much on the defense industry. As Kyle says, just the spending increase alone could fund so many social programs, but instead it becomes a wealth transfer vehicle from the rest of us to the top. I would probably just push back on the idea that the F-35 was ever designed or intended to fulfill those less complex or admin tasks. I'd need to see a source on that, and not from a guy from the Fighter Mafia who, ironically enough, opposed the F-16 concept back in the day. Perhaps in the future when the 7th generation fighters arrive and this becomes old hat. (also have to correct myself, I mentioned VTOL earlier when I meant to say STOVL).

[@Behemoth98]

Absolutely disgusting that it’s out in the open and there’s little to no outrage from politicians

[@bigboy9661]

This video is a banger. Thanks Kyle

[@olearris]

We need to talk about this more. Also about sep 10th 2001.

[@robertaylor9218]

The military budget increase could triple nasa’s budget. Or it could cover finishing our fusion research (building a new facility, and paying to run the equipment at full capacity). On the fusion thing we just hit the viability milestone, now it’s the engineering, scaling and research to maintain the reactions as long as needed.

[@robertaylor9218]

@Hel Lo True, but we used a laser from the 90's. It seems any half decent self-sustaining reaction with a relatively modern laser should get us over that hurdle. Then it's scaling, and power conversion and we are off to the races. The machine was only firing like 10 tests a year because of budget constraints. This seems like a comically easy set of hurdles to clear in the wider context of fusion.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@baconsoup8346 I would disagree-in the First Industrial Revolution there were a group of people called the Luddites who were opposed to the machinery industrialising society to the point of sabotaging the machines. I would also add Alan Turing to the list of bright, resourceful men. They had him castrated in spite of his contribution to Britain's war effort.

[@paigewesterfield1840]

Excellent that you’re reporting on this. This should be #1 on people’s radar as a bipartisan national issue. And it’s not due to bureaucratic incompetence.

[@matthewck1370]

If I recall correctly, this same thing happened right before 9.11.01.

[@truelife1004]

Remember when Donald Rumsfield said this same shit right before the Pentagon was hit on 9/11/01 he literally said trillions were missing _THE_ day before. This shit has to stop

[@user-wi3yx3gy2o]

The U.S. government is not a government with a military. It is a military industrial complex with a government strapped on like a 7 bedroom 4 1/2 bath house with a 1-car garage attached to the side of the house like an afterthought.

[@nathanstruble2177]

Man, you'd think 5 years would be long enough to learn how to keep the receipts. That's literally all an audit is. And they are still not even hitting 40%?!!?!??

[@GhostSal]

This is nothing new… Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@PaulDormody]

When I first heard about the pentagon being short a trillion $ it was 9/11/2001.

[@nadinesaliba2583]

I heard abt this phenomenon years ago from a Ralph Nader speech. He brought it up in the context of enumerating issues that should appeal to bipartisan audiences, as fiscal conservatives should be outraged by this kind of waste.

[@antsmasherjack]

How are they going to pay for that?

[@stevenreed6802]

Kyle’s class consciousness rises 🚩

[@zgjfinance2796]

Heard it yesterday on GoodPoliticGuy

[@sep69]

I remember watching the exact same story last year, be it with somewhat lower numbers, including the part where the pentagon can't account for where a large part of the money went. Which I find very hard to believe and suspect is deliberate.

[@saliferousstudios]

48 billion per year, isn't it usually per 10 years. Military is phrased per year, and social programs per 10 years (to make military seem more reasonable)

[@synaestheziac]

Yep, I hadn’t heard of the bill until now

[@soulife8383]

Hmm, they DO tend to pass money thru the M.I.C without ever asking how they'll pay for it. It's always record high's, and increasing. Plus when they tried doing this in 2001, not only were the records destroyed immediately afterwards in 911, but the pentigon was also hit, coincidentally in an empty area, with all footage confiscated. It was a message, but maybe the sender wasn't what we thought, IE: 'stop looking'. Immediately follow by a trip to Afghanastan. Conspiracies aside, the pentagon also has a sector that is separate from the proposed budget and it's a blank check with no limit, a whole different set of books. So this 60%, or at least a portion of it, could fall under (or off of) those books.

[@Irishpineapple97]

This is a great breakdown. Super important issue, I appreciate your coverage

[@RagerStudios]

This story sound very familiar. The last time something like this happened was on September 10, 2001 where 10 trillion dollars were missing. A day later, terrorists stuck the finance area of the Pentagon destroying any evidence of where the money potentially went.

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

Most people don't read or understand articles or quotes. Donald Rumsfeld never said 2.3 trillion was missing on 9/10/22 he said it couldn't be tracked between all the differences in systems and that the whole system needed to be replaced. It is a very misunderstood quote that has basically become a false conspiracy. In the 90s and in the early 2000s there was tons of different systems that could not talk to each other.

[@RagerStudios]

@@bobbob-gx1iq Where it's a conspiracy or not, is for debate. But it's very coincidental that the timing of the missing finance of the Pentagon would be overshadowed by the largest terrorist attack in history.

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

@@RagerStudios it wasn't missing. No one said it was missing you don't know what you are talking about. Do you know how much 2.3 Trillion was back then? The budget for defense back then was 250 billion. If 2.3 trillion was lost that would be like 9 years weren't even funded it doesn't even makes sense. There is no debate. What Donald Rumsfeld was saying was all the systems needed to be redone and integrated because none of them could talk. His quote was that it couldn't be 'tracked' by computers not missing. If the air force sent a jet to the navy neither accounting system talked to each other and everything had to be double logged

[@GhostSal]

@@bobbob-gx1iq Are you just trolling or is this your assignment and are you a “contractor”? Let’s not forget the $2,300,000,000,000 (that’s 2.3 trillion) that could not be accounted for at the Pentagøn (that was announced by Rumsfeld on 9-10, the day before). Unaccounted for meaning = not included in (an account or calculation) through being lost or disregarded. When Rumsfełd eventually did appear before Cøngress in March 2005, his testímony offered no substantíve answers. By 2015, the amount reported missíng by the Offíce of the Ínspector Generał had íncreased to $6.5 trillíon-and that was just for the army. The total is actually $21 trillíon in in unsupported adjustments, reported by the Department of Defense and Housíng and Urban Development departments between 1998 and 2015 (this has been repørted by several søurces íncluding Forbes on Dec 8, 2017.).

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

@@GhostSal sorry again no you are just making things up go back and actually watch the speech no where does he say 2.3 T could not be accounted for. He said could not be tracked. He is referencing the antiquated computer systems the military has and how none of them talk to each other. He was trying to get them replaced so the system could be auditied

[@michaeljoseph796]

The fact that the majority of DEMONRATS vote for the military budgets each year tells us everything we need to know about whether or not there any real differences between the two parties…

[@musicgamez7214]

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around how much of that money went to hookers and blow, I still can’t make sense of it

[@cb_blake2022]

I couldn’t even finish the whole thing…this is absolutely insane. They don’t work for us

[@radupopescu5379]

Trillions missing from the Pentagon!?! That’s the kind of news that gets completely ignored 21 years ago because of a conveniently timed national tragedy which is then used to justify even more military-industrial-complex gluttony. But hey, remembering this 21 years too late is still remembering 😂🎉

[@bobbob-gx1iq]

This is false. People misinterpreted Donald Rumsfelds quote. He didn't say it was missing he said it couldn't be tracked. And if you can read the whole quote is arguing for the whole military computer systems to be redone and integrated with each other as they couldn't take to each other at that time hence the couldn't be tracked

[@JamesDavy2009]

Was that the Second Gulf War?

[@radupopescu5379]

@@JamesDavy2009 Yes, sir.

[@dansmodacct]

need I remind people that "trillions" went missing right before 9/11??

[@jkphero2576]

A good segment? This is rare. Extremely rare from you Kyle

[@wesleytrott6397]

Last time I checked, only 20% (approximately) goes to active duty military. The rest goes to procurements (i.e. defense contracting). In other words, most of it goes to defense contractors who employ millions of workers (which obviously impacts the economy). The most debatable part of this is probably the large annual bonuses that some top executives earn at the bigger defense contractors. Perhaps we need more oversight?

[@dobbo010]

Coffeezilla should do a video on the scam we like to call 'taxation'.

[@fixieroy]

Taxation isn’t a scam. A Scam is whats done with the money after you are taxed. In America; its not being used to help you. So There’s a difference..

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@fixieroy There's a reason why Kyle drops the word "kleptocracy".

[@veggiechowder8877]

Go get em Kyle!!!

[@TechnoMageCreator]

Last time when this was big news, the very next day two towers fell

[@OntoBunny]

💯%

[@ProjectRedfoot]

It actually happened again 7 years ago. Kyle did a video on it

[@OntoBunny]

@@ProjectRedfoot What was it? I don't remember.

[@bobandkaren2011]

Did they look in the bank accounts of Lockheed Martin or Haliburton or any other big DOD contractors? I'm pretty sure that's where the missing money is.

[@ASDeckard]

That's actually the cool part in my opinion. Lockheed was audited three times last year alone, two of them public, and no, that's not where the missing money is.

[@Nudged8765]

Why cant they give some to the homeless vets.

[@1massboy]

Someday there will be an real audit. And it’s gonna be a very ugly day.

[@OntoBunny]

There may be an audit, but there will likely be a conveniently timed terror attack before it becomes public. They won't let it get out.

[@killerbee2562]

Not unless the current government collapses.

[@autohmae]

you funny

[@musicguy9299]

@@autohmae The reason people hate you when they first meet you is because, it saves time.

[@autohmae]

@@musicguy9299 I know I wasn't very clear, but what I meant is: I don't think their will ever be better audits of the US forces then they are doing now. Let's be honest, the whole system has been corrupted. It will take big changes, especially for money in politics, before anything fundamentally gets fixed.

[@WinstonBartholomewIII]

Too much military spending is what ended the USSR. It's sad everyone's so concerned about wokism and fighting about what a woman is when there are real issues going on and they're picking our pockets.

[@deonfrombeyond8845]

How about a $800 billion MUST PASS UBI?!?!?

[@bills-beard]

When that man launched out of the cockpit at a 45 degree angle that close to the ground, i fucking choked

[@Boris80b]

Yep...priorities. this is the way it goes.

[@Mettle_DAD]

This is the version of Kyle I enjoy the most. Get em. By the way they know where it's going. It's just not disclosed. Alot of off the books spending but I would have never guessed it was 60%

[@charlescoffman7601]

Saw this on news 2 days ago. Bill is to allow Fed Govt to continue to pay bills so won’t have to shut down. Happens almost every year

[@jardelg6419]

ohh Kile, you killed it with this video!!!! 👏

[@Jorge-he6im]

So cut their funding by 60% for the next few decades

[@neuroisis85]

They know where the money went, they just can't/won't tell the public or even Congress about the black projects the money went to.

[@Meow_Zedong]

There's not even any words to comprehend how disastrous and unsurprising this is.