I agree I would move to Welfare & stop the generational use of these funds. I would support "means testing" for Medicare. It became available to me recently but I don't need it & can afford my own medical care. However, I would increase Medicaid for those who need it. No one in this country should have to decide between eating or paying for electricity. Doctors & other professionals who assist in defrauding Medicaid should lose their licenses, pay fines & perform community service. The Pentagon thinks they are entitled as well & I would take away their checkbook. They have been exposed by the media for ridiculous spending covering decades. A billion here & a billion there adds up pretty quickly.
The Pentagon is weighing legislation that would give contracting officers the power to demand back-up data on spare parts costs after its inspector general said TransDigm Group Inc. could be paid about 9,400% in excess profit for a half-inch metal pin.
The Defense Logistics Agency could end up paying TransDigm $4,361 for the “drive pin” in a July contract that should cost $46, according to a Pentagon review endorsed by the inspector general.
The review found potential excess profits for 98 of 100 parts sampled and concluded the Pentagon may end up paying TransDigm $91 million more in coming years for parts valued at $28 million, with excess profit per part of 95% to the 9,380%, the Defense Department’s inspector general said in an audit labeled “For Official Use Only” and obtained by Bloomberg News.
As the Pentagon weighs whether to recommend legislation to require more disclosure by contractors, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will review the audit and TransDigm’s pricing policies in a hearing on Wednesday.
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