Thismeintiel, ear marks are actually a very, very small portion of the budget. That's what the Other Non-Discretionary Off Budget Spending piece of the pie is.
The overspending on purchases, I'll agree to that. The GAO is supposed to curb that stuff but obviously doesn't do a very good job. But it would also require thousands of people working round the clock monitoring every monetary military transactions but we'd end up spending the same amount just in salaries to those overseers that is wasted in overcharges. And even then they are a small portion of the military budget compared to the overall spending. Doesn't matter how much you get charged for a hammer or a warhead, war isn't cheap. But overcharging is a common theme in any 3rd party paying system. Go to the hospital and get charged $5 for a single Tylenol and you'll see what I mean.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
