The one-way ratchet of government budgets. Near impossible to reverse, if ever. Makes the DOGE audits all that more impressive in their effectiveness. I've heard that the Pentagon maintains two sets of accounting books. I bet even the closer-to-reality unofficial book does not record the unacknowledged Special Access Programs.
The one-way ratchet of government budgets. Near impossible to reverse, if ever. Makes the DOGE audits all that more impressive in their effectiveness. I've heard that the Pentagon maintains two sets of accounting books. I bet even the closer-to-reality unofficial book does not record the unacknowledged Special Access Programs.