duh... i think i lost a quarter...

and for some reason, i continue to pile up evidence. or something.

i just read an article from 2002 that was on digg. it basically said that the US government couldn't account for 25% of their military spending. they audit themselves and everything, but in the end, they can't show where the 25% went.
25%.
when this was reported on, in 2002, 25% equaled about $2.3 TRILLION.

$2,300,000,000,000.

Yea..

and that's about the same as $8,000 for each person living in the US.

that is so messed up.

and, more than likely, the military spends way more in 2006 or 2007 than they did in 2001.


source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml