Instead of Socialism, how about a well funded Democracy?

Here’s where our politicians have completely fricked up the United States of America.

Untold trillions spent on nonstop military interventions, fraud in this country on a mind boggling scale, runaway unchecked spending by Congress, government waste on a scale that is unimaginable….what if we were able to cut 75% of that?

From sources you can find on the internet………….

“GAO estimates that federal fraud alone costs roughly $233 billion to $521 billion per year. Separately, agencies reported about $186 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2025, although improper payments include mistakes and overpayments, not just intentional fraud.
Since 2003, reported improper payments have totaled about $3 trillion.”

Then add:
Avoidable military interventions and reconstruction expenses.
Weapons programs that exceed budgets or do not perform adequately.
Corporate subsidies and tax preferences.
Duplicative federal programs and administrative overhead.
Interest paid because previous spending was borrowed rather than taxed.

Had even 75% of those avoidable costs been prevented and the savings used to reduce debt or invested in productive assets, the cumulative benefit could plausibly amount to many trillions of dollars.

That could have financed substantially more of the following:

Universal or near-universal healthcare coverage.
Better Social Security solvency.
More affordable college and vocational education.
Paid family leave and childcare assistance.
Improved infrastructure.
Stronger poverty and disability programs.
Lower taxes for working- and middle-class households.

It also could have prevented part of today’s interest burden. CBO currently projects a $1.9 trillion federal deficit for fiscal 2026, rising to $3.1 trillion by 2036, with rising interest costs driving much of the deterioration.
This from the Congressional Budget Office.