ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SPENDS SO MUCH
MONEY ON DEFENSES BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT PRIVATE MANUFACTURERS,
AND PRIVATE COMPANIES, GET CONTRACTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE, WHEN IN REALITY WE COULD JUST BE SUPPLYING
CERTAIN THINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE CONTRACTS.
WELL, HERE IS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT WASTE: WASTED
MONEY, COMES FROM US, TAXPAYERS, THAT GOES TOWARDS NONSENSE,
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SPECIFICALLY.
SO, THE PENTAGON IS NOW HAVING TO ANSWER TO THIS, WHAT I
CONSIDER SCANDAL, INVOLVING UNIFORMS THAT WERE PURCHASED FOR
AFGHAN SOLDIERS.
SO, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS REPORT, AND THEN I'M GOING
TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS INTO WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE PENTAGON HAS APPARENTLY SPENT $28
MILLION ON FOREST CAMOUFLAGE AFGHANISTAN MILITARY UNIFORMS,
RATHER THAN GIVE THEM OTHER PATTERNS THAT COST NOTHING.
USA TODAY SAYS THE FOREST PATTERN IS PRIVATELY OWNED;
WHEREAS OTHER CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMED ñ CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMES, OWNED BY
THE US GOVERNMENT, ARE FREE.
A PRIVATE REPORT SHOWED THAT FOREST ONLY COVERS 2.1% OF
AFGHANS TERRAIN.
NOT REALLY DID THEY SPEND MORE MONEY THAN THEY NEEDED TO,
THEY PURCHASED UNIFORMS THAT ARE EVEN EFFECTIVE, THAT
WOULDN'T EVEN CAMOUFLAGE THEM, BECAUSE THOU NOT FIGHTING
IN THE FOREST, THEY ARE FIGHTING IN DESERT TERRAIN.
SO, THERE'S A COUPLE PARTS OF THIS STORY THAT ARE INFURIATING.
THE FULL VIDEO THAT YOU SAW WILL BE IN A LINK IN THE
DISRUPTION BOX.
SO,
$28 MILLION, AT A MINIMUM, FOR PURCHASING THOSE UNIFORMS, GONE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WASTE A LOT OF MONEY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION,
AND HEALTHCARE, AND ENTITLEMENTS, RIGHT?
YOU WHAT TO LOOK FOR WASTE?
LOOK AT THE PENTAGON.
THEY THROW $28
MILLION IN THE GARBAGE BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT HIT YOU.
SO, THOSE CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE.
IF YOU ARE IN DESERT TERRAIN, AND YOU ARE WEARING THOSE BRIGHT
GREEN OUTFITS, YOU ARE GOING TO STICK LIKE A SORE THUMB.
IT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE KILLED, ON TOP OF THE MONEY THAT
YOU WASTED.
AND THIS, THIS IS THE MOST INFURIATING PART, IT WAS A
NO-BID CONTRACT.
WHY?
WE'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF AFGHANISTAN FOR, WHAT,
16 YEARS NOW?
WHERE'S THE EMERGENCY?
REMEMBER WHEN DICK CHENEY SAID, WE HAVE TO DO NO-BID
CONTRACTS, BECAUSE I HATE CAPITALISM.
I LOVE CAPITALISM, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE CONTRACTS TO
MY FRIENDS, WITHOUT ANY CONTRACTS, BECAUSE THEY SAID
IT'S AN EMERGENCY, SO WE HAVE TO ACT ALL THE ñ ACT RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S A 16 YEAR EMERGENCY?
THERE IS NO EMERGENCY HERE FOR HOW TO BUY MORE UNIFORMS IN
AFGHANISTAN, YOU JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW
RICH.
I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT, AND HOW THEY BENEFITED FROM THAT
COMPANY, BUT SOMEBODY DEFINITELY BENEFITED IN AN OUTRAGEOUS
WAY HERE.
THINK ABOUT IT, THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE SUPPLIED THOSE UNIFORMS, AND IT
WOULD HAVE COST US NOTHING, BUT INSTEAD THEY DECIDED TO WASTE
$28 MILLION ON CAMEL GEAR THAT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
AND THAT'S THE LATEST.
SINCE 2007, WE SPENT $93 MILLION, ON 1.3
MILLION UNIFORMS FOR AFGHAN SOLDIERS.
BY DOING ñ BY USING A CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN OWNED BUT NOT TRULY USED
BY THE U.S. MILITARY, WE COULD'VE SAVED TAXPAYERS $71
MILLION.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR EDUCATION OR HEALTHCARE, BECAUSE
WE HAD TO SPEND MONEY ON UNIFORM SO SOMEBODY COULD GET RICH HERE
IN THE U.S.
WE FALL FOR IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
IT'S AMAZING.
THEY ARE MASTERFUL MANIPULATORS, BECAUSE THEY CONVINCE US TO
FOCUS ON FIGHTING EACH OTHER, WHILE THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP
ARE GIVING OUT THESE LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS TO THEIR WEALTHY
BUDDIES, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHERE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING WASTED.
IT'S NOT BEING WASTED ON ENTITLEMENTS, WHICH, BY THE
WAY, WE FUNDED; WE PAY INTO.
EVERY TIME I LOOK AT MY PAYCHECK, I SEE HOW MUCH OF
THAT GOES TOWARDS MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, ALL OF
THESE PROGRAMS THAT, AGAIN, WE ARE PAYING INTO.
SO LET THEM GET US AND MAKE US SEEM LIKE WE ARE THE BAD GUYS,
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GET THE BENEFITS THAT WE PAID INTO.
THOSE OF THE ISSUES HERE; THE ISSUES ARE THE WASTE HAPPENING
WITH THE PENTAGON, WITH MILITARY SPENDING.
IT'S ALL BS, AND DON'T LET THEM MAKE YOU THINK IT'S ALL IN
THE NAME OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
THEY ARE BUYING PEOPLE DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN, AND ATTENDING THERE
IS COMPETITION, BUT IN FACT THEY OWN BOTH OF THE COMPANIES, SO
THERE'S NO REAL COMPETITION, AND THEY JACK UP THE PRICES IN THE
MILITARY, THE MILITARY IS SITTING THERE LIKE...
SO THAT'S THE MONOPOLY, AND FINALLY THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE UPDATES ON THAT LATER.
FINAL FACT FOR YOU GUYS, THAT ARE MADDENING: WHEN BERNIE
SANDERS WAS RUNNING, THEY TOLD HIM, YOUR PLAN OF $70
BILLION FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION, SO THAT PEOPLE
CAN LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM?
SO THAT MIDDLE-CLASS KIDS CAN HAVE THE SAME CHANCE AS
RICH KIDS?
UNAFFORDABLE.
NO WAY, CAN'T DO IT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT TO TRAIN AND EQUIP
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES?
$66 BILLION.
AND HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT FOR US?
SO, NOW DEFENSE SECRETARY JAMES MATTIS SAYS, WE HAVE TO SEND
1000 MORE AMERICAN TROOPS, BECAUSE THE AFGHAN TROOPS
CAN'T FIGHT ON THEIR OWN.
AFTER WE WASTED $66 BILLION, THEN THEY TELL YOU THERE'S NO
MONEY LEFT FOR YOUR KIDS HEALTHCARE OR EDUCATION.
IT'S GROSS.