RE: Trump announce Vivek and Musk to lead Department of Government Effenciency
• The CBO revealed at least 1,264 federal programs and bureaus have expired authorizations, but they still received $516B in funding for FY2024
• The Government Accountability Office estimates the federal government wastes $247B in taxpayer money each year
• The Department of the Treasury reported $24.5B in "unreconciled transactions" in the past meaning it spent ~$25B on unknown items
• Department of Agriculture employees misused government issued credit cards spending millions on personal purchases like concert tickets, tattoos, lingerie and car payments
• $33.2M was spent on transgender monkey research
• The NIH spent part of a $2.7M grant to study Russian cats walking on a treadmill
• The DoD ruined $170M of military equipment by leaving it outside
• The US Agency for International Development spent $6M to promote tourism in Egypt
• The SBA gave over $200M to music artists like Post Malone, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne through the Covid Paycheck Protection Program
• The US military bought soap dispensers for aircraft at over 80 times the commercial price
RE: Trump announce Vivek and Musk to lead Department of Government Effenciency
(11-12-2024 10:57 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote: • The CBO revealed at least 1,264 federal programs and bureaus have expired authorizations, but they still received $516B in funding for FY2024
• The Government Accountability Office estimates the federal government wastes $247B in taxpayer money each year
• The Department of the Treasury reported $24.5B in "unreconciled transactions" in the past meaning it spent ~$25B on unknown items
• Department of Agriculture employees misused government issued credit cards spending millions on personal purchases like concert tickets, tattoos, lingerie and car payments
• $33.2M was spent on transgender monkey research
• The NIH spent part of a $2.7M grant to study Russian cats walking on a treadmill
• The DoD ruined $170M of military equipment by leaving it outside
• The US Agency for International Development spent $6M to promote tourism in Egypt
• The SBA gave over $200M to music artists like Post Malone, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne through the Covid Paycheck Protection Program
• The US military bought soap dispensers for aircraft at over 80 times the commercial price
If any one of those line items were on the books in a corporation, the CEO would be fired by the board immediately, or they would be in handcuffs.
RE: Trump announce Vivek and Musk to lead Department of Government Effenciency
I just hope they can eliminate so much waste in our government. I remember extremely high price hammers when you could get one for $20 bucks at any hardware store. All these monies were stolen by the people who acquisition them, it's that simple.
RE: Trump announce Vivek and Musk to lead Department of Government Effenciency
(11-12-2024 10:57 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote: • The CBO revealed at least 1,264 federal programs and bureaus have expired authorizations, but they still received $516B in funding for FY2024
• The Government Accountability Office estimates the federal government wastes $247B in taxpayer money each year
• The Department of the Treasury reported $24.5B in "unreconciled transactions" in the past meaning it spent ~$25B on unknown items
• Department of Agriculture employees misused government issued credit cards spending millions on personal purchases like concert tickets, tattoos, lingerie and car payments
• $33.2M was spent on transgender monkey research
• The NIH spent part of a $2.7M grant to study Russian cats walking on a treadmill
• The DoD ruined $170M of military equipment by leaving it outside
• The US Agency for International Development spent $6M to promote tourism in Egypt
• The SBA gave over $200M to music artists like Post Malone, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne through the Covid Paycheck Protection Program
• The US military bought soap dispensers for aircraft at over 80 times the commercial price
I think the GAO's estimate is maybe 10% of reality.
RE: Trump announce Vivek and Musk to lead Department of Government Effenciency
I love the idea of a commission that can put together information showing where the waste is and on how the gov't can work just as well or better with less resources. If they are creating a new department on efficiency, it's rather ironic. "We have to create more gov't in order to reduce it"...