Posted on 10/05/2015 8:14:42 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Government waste took a significant turn for the worse in fiscal 2014, rising dramatically to $124.7 billion from $105.8 billion in fiscal 2013.
That’s a striking increase of nearly 20 percent in improper federal payments. As the White House and Congress continues to blow out the federal deficit to $18 trillion in their Miracle-Gro, “Supersize Me” approach to government, little is being done to stop federal overpayments. Since fiscal 2003, “cumulative improper payment estimates have totaled almost $1 trillion,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report.
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Obama phones don’t come cheap.
Most of the over-payments go to democrats... but the press will find one or two that go to Republicans...
Where do taxpayers go to get their money back?
Billions of dollars in fraudulent EITC payments are going to Mexico. Illegals are claiming several nieces and nephews in Mexico as dependents, and no one is checking to see if these children exist. That is one place President Trump can eliminate a lot of wasted government spending.
Purely accidental !
(wink, wink.....)
IF , there are records(well before the hard drives crash) Claw it back
People get the government they deserve.
Stealth Reparation?
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