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IDemo

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Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:19 AM Mar 2016

12 Ways Your Tax Dollars Were Squandered in Afghanistan

The United States has now spent more money reconstructing Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Europe at the end of World War II, according to a government watchdog.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement to Congress last week that when adjusted for inflation the $113.1 billion plowed into the chaos-riven country outstripped the post-WWII spend by at least $10 billion.

Billions have been squandered on projects that were either useless or sub-standard, or lost to waste, corruption, and systemic abuse, according to SIGAR's reports.

NBC News spoke to SIGAR's Special Inspector General John F. Sopko about 12 of the most bizarre and baffling cases highlighted by his team's investigations.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/12-ways-your-tax-dollars-were-squandered-afghanistan-n528771


I'm sure "squandered" isn't the word used by the squanderers.
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12 Ways Your Tax Dollars Were Squandered in Afghanistan (Original Post) IDemo Mar 2016 OP
Kickin' Faux pas Mar 2016 #1
Just 12. I'd bet the list of ways it WASN'T squandered is much shorter. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #2

hobbit709

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2. Just 12. I'd bet the list of ways it WASN'T squandered is much shorter.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:52 AM
Mar 2016

And squandered means the usual corporations got their hands on the money

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