Do you think there's a problem with having the government scrutinized to try to eliminate waste and inefficiency?
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What I’m hearing is that Democrats (of which I am one) are outraged about the government possibly saving money (via DOGE).
Republicans are saying for what reason could the Dems want to keep waste and inefficiency?
I’m wondering what could be the harm in trying to eliminate waste and ineffiency?
I’m not saying they should slash and eliminate everything, but there are some things that I’m sure could be changed.
I worked in local government for 30 years and I saw lots of things that were inefficient. At the end of the budget year, any remaining money had to be spent or else it would be cut out of next year’s budget. Lots of things, the people at the top would just say “this is the way we do it” or “it’s been done this way for a long time” or “there’s a right way, a wrong way and the ______ way.”
What do you think?
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Anyone that is against looking at the books and where the money is going is hiding something. Everyone forgets that USAID gave tons of money to NGOs that were pretty much free to use it however they wanted. If they used it for a reason they gave USAID, okay. But if they funneled it into terrorists or kickbacks to politicians or smuggling illegal aliens into the country, that was okay too. They didn’t have to account for any of it.
Using USAID as an example, let’s say they do good work as well as questionable work. Auditing will show that. If giving aid to needy people around the world is something we want to do, then let’s do it. But if giving money to George Soros’ DA fund is something that is sketchy, then let’s stop it. It isn’t magic. We haven’t had a budget in years. 2019 was the last one, I believe. Congress keeps passing “continuing resolutions” which allows all the funny money to keep flowing without any accountability.
If they weren’t using it as an excuse to defund everything that does not conform to their worldview, I’d say yes. But they aren’t.
If it was about waste, Drumpf wouldn’t have gone to the Super Bowl. Time will show the truth of it.
I agree with both posters. I’m not sure anyone in either party knows what we little people would fund or not, they dont live in our reality.
What you also need to understand is, that they are not looking for “waste and inefficiencies” or even “fraud”. They just want to cut anything that they do not like, and they will put the label of “waste” or “fraud” on that, and lie to you about it.
I want waste eliminated as long as that is what is really happening. If this money is going to be used to line the pockets of politicians, then it’s crap.
I think 8 or more years ago a multi million dollars funded bipartisan committee was tasked to cut government waste.
They ended up only cutting $15,000.
If anyone remembers please post a link.
If you find one bad apple in the barrel, you do not throw out the whole barrel, cut down the orchard it came from and shoot the farmer who grew it. This is what they are doing.
It’s not utlimately about waste and efficiency issues in goverment. It’s about distracting the American people from things that matter most to trump and his cabal. Extending tax cuts for billionaires. To gain more wealth and/or power for each and every one in trump’s tent of deplorables.
Demonizing immigrants, the American goverment and its institutions are effective tactics in dividing the American people and gaining enough votes to get elected.
These deplorables are sorry excuses for Americans.
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