Shocking Government Waste at The Defense Department

"If you thought the botched rollout of Obamacare, the government shutdown, or the sequester represented Washington dysfunction at its worst, wait until you hear about the taxpayer waste at the Defense Department. Special Enterprise Reporter Scot Paltrow unearthed the "high cost of the Pentagon's bad bookkeeping" in a Reuters investigation. It amounts to $8.5 trillion in taxpayer money doled out by Congress to the Pentagon since 1996 that has never been accounted for. (The year 1996 was the first that the Pentagon should have been audited under a law requiring audits of all government departments. Oh, and by the way, the Pentagon is the only federal agency that has not complied with this law.)...".* John Iadarola (host, TYT University and Common Room) breaks it down on The Young Turks. *Read more here from Lauren Lyster / Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-... Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at http://www.tytnetwork.com/member-opti.... Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. Join The Young Turks Network mailing list http://www.tytnetwork.com/member-opti... or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing    / theyoungturks   Like Us on Facebook:   / theyoungturks   Follow Us on Twitter:   / theyoungturks   Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungtu... Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/