We found the waste Elon Musk and DOGE won’t cut: it’s defense contractors. The Department of Defense funnels $450 billion of taxpayer dollars a year to private military contractors. But Musk is too focused on cutting DEI initiatives (0.01% of the size of the defense budget) to tackle the real waste and fraud. Will the Trump administration take action on the real government waste?
He Audited the Pentagon. Here’s Where the Waste Really Is
Julia Gledhill joins More Perfect Union to discuss Pentagon waste
March 13, 2025
Originally posted on More Perfect Union
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