[cdme]

I wouldn’t trust a 19 year old to do my taxes let alone audit all of federal spending.

[reustle]

Those are a couple of people within a much larger team.

[ubercore]

Much larger? How much larger? I thought it was a pretty small group.

[krainboltgreene]

I wouldn't trust my teenager with a "large" team of people in control of the federal payments system.

[cdme]

Ranging from 19-24.

[MisterTea]

But we trust them with billions in military hardware and defending the nation.

[taylodl]

No we don't. They get small arms. Fighter jets, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and the like are commanded by much older and experienced people. An M16 is not "billions in military hardware."

[llamaimperative]

After super intensive training and supported by an ultra-regimented social and technological infrastructure?

[BobaFloutist]

I mean, not individually.