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The Pentagon’s purchasing bureaucracy counted 207,000 full-time workers. By itself, that would rank among the top 30 private employers in the United States.

More than 192,000 people worked in property management. About 84,000 people held human-resources jobs.

The study laid out a range of options. At the low end, just by renegotiating service contracts and hiring less-expensive workers, the Pentagon could save $75 billion over five years. At the high end, by adopting more aggressive productivity targets, it could save twice as much.

After a discussion, the full board voted to recommend a middle option: to save $125 billion over five years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pentagon-buries-evidence-of-125-billion-in-bureaucratic-waste/2016/12/05/e0668c76-9af6-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?utm_term=.7a101e60fc26&wpisrc=nl_heads-draw6&wpmm=1

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Date: 2016-12-07 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexanderr.livejournal.com
125/5=25b/year

US defense budget (2016): 597b

so we're talking 4%. huge savings? yeah (no, not really)

now compare that to never starting the Iraq war. например

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