The Pentagon keeps getting more money and keeps failing audits

This is from a couple of weeks ago. It's since been signed into law, with a final price tag of $895B.

The U.S. House of Representatives has advanced the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive $883.7 billion defense budget, despite the Pentagon failing its seventh consecutive audit. The bill passed with bipartisan support, as 81 Democrats joined 200 Republicans to approve the measure...

This latest defense package has drawn significant criticism from lawmakers and advocacy groups who point to the Pentagon’s history of financial mismanagement, the influence of the military-industrial complex, and controversial provisions embedded within the bill.

The Pentagon has consistently failed to meet federal audit requirements since it was first legally obligated to do so in 2018. The Department of Defense (DOD) announced last month that it had failed its seventh audit in a row, continuing a trend that critics say highlights pervasive inefficiencies. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Pentagon suffers from “pervasive deficiencies in the department’s business processes, internal controls, financial reporting, and financial management systems.” - Nation of Change

You probably gave about $900, give or take, to Big Weapons last year

The title's arguably misleading; obviously there's a very wide range. But if you paid much in taxes a lot of it certainly went to you-know-who.

Most of us want our tax dollars to be wisely used — especially around tax time.

You’ve probably heard a lot about corporations not paying taxes. Last year, individuals like you contributed six times more in income tax than corporations did.

But have you heard about how many of your tax dollars then end up in corporate pockets? It’s a lot — especially for corporations that contract with the Pentagon. They collect nearly half of all military spending.

The average taxpayer contributed about $2,000 to the military last year, according to a breakdown my colleagues and I prepared for the Institute for Policy Studies. More than $900 of that went to corporate military contractors. - Truthout

"Missile defense" still doesn't work

As the article explains, the answer to what I've quoted is still very much a big fat "no."

But given how far computers, drones, and laser technologies have come since the Cold War era, one might think that advanced technology could deter a nuclear weapon threat. Indeed, back in 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced the initiation of a program — derisively called "Star Wars" by critics — by which America could protect itself from ballistic strategic nuclear weapons from space.

Yet it's been 39 years since that announcement. So, are we there yet? In other words: if a foreign nation's military did, say, launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) — meaning a missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometers — could the U.S. or another country block or intercept it? - Salon

Whimpering, groveling servitude to the war pigs

Some may find that title offensive, but at times you just gotta tell it like it is.

Anti-war groups vowed to keep fighting to slash the bloated Pentagon budget after the House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a proposal to cut U.S. military spending by 10% and invest the savings in housing, healthcare, and education in poor communities.

The final vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment sponsored by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) was 93-324, with 139 Democrats joining 185 Republicans in voting no. The failure of the Lee-Pocan amendment means the final version of the House NDAA will propose a $740.5 military budget for fiscal year 2021, a more than $2 billion increase from the previous year. - Common Dreams