Understand. But when congress directs, puts it in the law, budget that funds will be spent on whatever, construction in your case, the agency, VA here has no choice but to spend those funds as directed by congress. It isn’t the fault of the VA or even the military that funds are spent on things that they don’t need or can’t even use. Congress directed them to spend those funds on what congress ordered they spend them on. What it all boils down to is keeping civilian jobs or creating new civilian jobs in their districts or state so come reelection time, those congressmen and senators can tell the voters they kept their jobs safe and created new ones to boot.

When it comes to the military budget, there are times I think congress doesn’t give a coyote’s howl about national security, just keeping their job. Perhaps as much as a 100 or maybe even 200 billion a year could be cut from the defense budget if congress just gave the military what it needs to protect and defend this country. Not bloating the defense budget with things, the military doesn’t need and worse yet, can’t ever use.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.