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2024-06-17 Home Front: Politix

Government Accountability Office identifies tens of billions of dollars of government waste

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-17 06:19|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [109 views ] Top

#1 Think of saving trillions by banning any new programs and requiring a cap on personnel in each Department and agency.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-17 07:24|| 2024-06-17 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 It would be easier to identify the non-waste.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-06-17 08:29|| 2024-06-17 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 More than 50 years ago as a college freshman I wrote a paper for a Poli Sci seminar on the waste of gov't spending by identifying more than 30 separate programs for Rat Control.

Wonder how many there have been since then?

This ain't a new problem.

Posted by alanc 2024-06-17 09:21|| 2024-06-17 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I got kicked out of an Economics class at UMass-Boston for pointing this out.

Posted by Raj 2024-06-17 09:24|| 2024-06-17 09:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Republicans fume over report part of $2.8B Afghan humanitarian funding went to Taliban

Where was everybody when the budget went to a vote?
Oh yeah, it was the weekend.

Appropriations Watch: FY 2024

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-17 10:41|| 2024-06-17 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Self-congratulatory word salad.

Congress Passes Six FY24 Government Funding Bills

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-17 10:45|| 2024-06-17 10:45|| Front Page Top

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