Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
The Military Wastes SOOOO Much Money!
September 21, 2021
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Ron, Sarah, Bob and Seamus get detained by the Coast Guard on a military base. Bob quickly learns that everything is WAY more expensive than it should be, but why? Seamus explains how waste is a feature, not a bug, of military spending and describes the perverse incentives and lack of oversight that fuel it.
ANIMATION CREDITS:
Natasha Canepa
Jaime Velasquez
Caleb Black
Amazil
Seamus Coughlin
LINKS:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/09/24/five-ways-gao-fails-to-understand-defense-industry-independent-rd/?sh=6ca0191d48fe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pentagon-buries-evidence-of-125-billion-in-bureaucratic-waste/2016/12/05/e0668c76-9af6-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/11/16/the-pentagon-failed-its-audit-again-but-sees-progress/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/03/12/use-it-or-lose-it-dod-dropped-46-million-on-crab-and-lobster-and-9000-on-a-chair-in-last-minute-spending-spree/
https://www.actioneconomics.com.au/2016/11/18/milton-friedman-on-four-ways-to-spend-money/