How does one go about losing 6 billion dollars.... (2014, buy, money)

[DauntlessDan]

I would like to know because our state department has lost 6 billion of amercan taxpayers dollars. I would like to be so lucky as to find a fraction of that one day.

$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department | The Fiscal Times

[Jeo123]

Pogs and pokemon cards are my guess...

[MrWillys]

Maybe you can show us where this document is, other than some claim from a biased rag?

Office of Inspector General (OIG)/U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors

[Restrain]

Not unusual for govt to lose money, equipment, etc.

[highpoint1]

Want to lose six billion?

Easy, start an airline.

[MrWillys]

Originally Posted by highpoint1

Want to lose six billion?

Easy, start an airline.

Then walk away with multi million dollar bonus' while blaming on the workers high wages. The media will back you up with stories about how nobody should get paid $50,000 a year as an aircraft mechanic. That CEO sure deserved his salary and bonus though!

[timberline742]

Hmmn, doesn't seem to state 6 billion was lost. Just shoddy paperwork concerning it.

Sure, billions do get lost due to graft, scam construction, etc. It's a cost of doing business in much of the world.

[Hoonose]

I don't doubt that much of the money was used for classified, secretive or other clandestine reasons.

[highpoint1]

Originally Posted by MrWillys

Then walk away with multi million dollar bonus' while blaming on the workers high wages. The media will back you up with stories about how nobody should get paid $50,000 a year as an aircraft mechanic. That CEO sure deserved his salary and bonus though!

Yes of course, I thought that was implied

But seriously, don't buy stock in an airline.

[sentry12]

Originally Posted by DauntlessDan

I would like to know because our state department has lost 6 billion of amercan taxpayers dollars. I would like to be so lucky as to find a fraction of that one day.

$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department | The Fiscal Times

corruption. that $6 billion isn't in cash that they can simply "lose" it.