Govt waste in one year: Just a glimpse: If you need to understand just how dysfunctional our rulers are, here is a good place to start.

American Thinker ^ | 01/14/2024 | Paul E. Scates

[Rummyfan]

According to OpentheBooks, a government watchdog group, the total “improper payments” for 2022 was estimated at $247 billion by 17 federal agencies. That’s an average waste of $20.5 billion per month.

Let me be the first: a billion here and a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money!

[Rummyfan]

Agencies four through ten on this infamous list of wastrels are the Labor Dept. ($19 billion), Education Dept. ($15.7 billion),...

But, but, but.... we don't spend enough on education!

[Rummyfan]

The federal government is nothing but a jobs fair program for liberals and democrats.

True. Any services they provide are purely incidental.

[SMARTY]

NIH documents are almost, deliberately badly written

[Pocketdoor]

It is a mess. But there is an easy fix. Start by cutting everything by 1/2% per year... Per year.

[Sicon]

How can any rational human being look at these numbers and not realize the absolute necessity of cutting the federal budget and bureaucracy, and not just by a little, but a lot? Almost none of our elected “representatives,” however, see that necessity.

That’s because our (allegedly) elected “representatives” and their families/friends are getting very rich off of government spending.

[Drew68]

Never forget, half a trillion dollars in Covid relief was stolen, much of it by Chinese and Russian hackers. Russia is funding their war in Ukraine off of stolen Covid relief.

This was the greatest heist in U.S. history.

[GailA]

BTT