'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' costs $364 million

[kweerwolf]

It cost the federal government just under $364 million to discharge and replace about 9,500 gay service members during the first decade of the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

The figure is 91 percent more than previously estimated, according to a study conducted by a panel of military experts assembled by the University of California.

The 12-member Blue Ribbon Commission that conducted the study was scheduled to release a report Feb. 14 saying it was unable to obtain certain information from the Pentagon that likely would have indicated still higher costs.

“ur strong sense is that our final estimate is too low and that the net result is that we have under-reported the total cost of implementing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’” the report says.

http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=5137

[foreigncorrespondent]

1. And when we...

...take into consideration other things they lose money on by continuing to legislate against us, it would be pretty far out there.

Thanks for posting this kweerwolf! :)

[NMMNG]

2. Such a waste

But then again, that's what our government is good at. :eyes:

[FuzzyDicePHL]

3. Let's also not forget

that it's DETRIMENTAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY

[sui generis]

4. this is not new news though

they've been reporting this and covering it up all along.

They're just now dusting it off as a "reason" to overlook DADT, but just as soon as recruiting is back up the waivers come back off and they purge all the gay people that came out.

This is crap as usual.