Common Sense Soapbox

The Military Wastes SOOOO Much Money! (6x12)

Air date: Sep 21, 2021

In 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.