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519Un article de Gregg Easterbrook dans The New Republic résume la gabegie des programmes militaires américains.
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« One reason spending is soaring is because the United States treats soldiers better than in the past. (...) Today, the Army enlistment bonus can be as much as $40,000. An Air Force master sergeant with ten years experience earns $42,066, while a major in his tenth year earns $74,761, plus allowances for housing and food. Top officers increasingly have pay stubs suggesting corporate management, with a lieutenant general in his twentieth year earning $159,396. Servicemembers can retire as early as age 40 and draw pensions of $20,000 per year or more — a nice sum for someone positioned to start a new career. And officers’ pensions can be spectacular. Afghanistan commander Stanley McChrystal, cashiered at age 56 for talking to Rolling Stone, will receive an annual pension of $149,700 for life.
»Although the Pentagon is “awash in reports” on its broken procurement process—as the military’s own news agency said in August—little meaningful internal reform has occurred. The latest jet fighter costs nine times as much as the top fighter that flew during the Vietnam war. The latest submarines cost $7 billion, the latest aircraft carriers $11 billion. In 2009, the Government Accountability Office estimated that Pentagon weapons projects were collectively $296 billion over budget.»
Sylvain Michelet
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