re: I Knew The Corruption & Waste Were Bad…But I’m Astonished At The Sheer Volume

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What % of budget have we found as waste so far?

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Idk. It seems like a tremendous amount.

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Is it dollars they didn't go where congress allocated or just dollars you don't agree with allocated that way by congress specifically?

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Both, I think.

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dk. It seems like a tremendous amount.

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Spoiler alert it's not a lot. The budget is in trillions some of the waste is in millions. The larger numbers in the low billions atleast from what I've seen.

So we're talking maybe 1%-5% of budget right now being generous...

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Both, I think.

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If money is going where congress intended while it can be wasteful it's not a sign of corruption. Could be argued the spending is wasteful I guess but would need more context of the desired outcomes when allocated. If money is going elsewhere from where congress votes it that's not right and needs a deeper dive as that's where the corruption lives.

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Spoiler alert it's not a lot. The budget is in trillions some of the waste is in millions. The larger numbers in the low billions atleast from what I've seen. So we're talking maybe 1%-5% of budget right now being generous...

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Well, we’ll see when this process is further along and we see some budget plans.

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If money is going where congress intended while it can be wasteful it's not a sign of corruption. Could be argued the spending is wasteful I guess but would need more context of the desired outcomes when allocated. If money is going elsewhere from where congress votes it that's not right and needs a deeper dive as that's where the corruption lives.

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Wasteful, of course it can be.

Corruption, I don’t see how you blanket rule it out just because it’s going to where Congress intended it to go. Congress intended the Pentagon to get $859B but things like a $90K bag of bolts and a $75K toilet can still be evidence of corruption. Graft can and does occur with money that has gone where it was intended. And the very allocation of that money from Congress can be corruption. We all know how Congress can be bought. No one performs better in stock.

Moreover, there are allegations of misappropriation of funds.

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with all the fraud/waste, how has the system not collapsed already?

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The old leftist bullshite of the rounding error.

Who gives a shite? That’s taxpayer fricking money.

Cut the fraud waste and abuse as low as possible.

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I don't mind what doge is doing. This thread is marveling at the sheer volume and the op doesn't even understand how much or little fraud has been found....

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I don’t know if American government is redeemable at this point.

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Of course it is. All agencies should be terminated every thirty or forty years. They all go bad, but if you just end them, and start a new agency from scratch, or reassign the mission, you can make it relatively efficient again. Then in thirty years it will be a mess, so you do it again.

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When this is laid bare it will be remembered as the greatest scandal ever perpetuated against the world.

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And the sad part about it is, we as American's have been so brainwashed by these grifters, we feel absolutely giddy when a President offers a "tax cut" all the while they laugh at us knowing we shouldn't have to be paying income tax at all.

Just what have you seen “laid out there? There hasn’t been much specific and verified.