A Political Earthquake Looming--We need a Gov't Accountability Ofc

[Foxfyre]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do? Whether that somebody(ies) is Elon Musk or somebody else, I present a case outlined by Mark P. Mills who has some pretty impressive credentials himself. I will summarize a bit of what he reports in the linked essay:

1. The World Bank has "lost track of" somewhere between $24 and $41 BILLION in Climate Finance money. Most of that came from the USA.

2. The World Bank issue is chump change, however, when it comes to how the so-called Inflation Reduction Act has been used or misused so far. This act includes $3 TRILLION in direct grants, subsidies and such plus ANOTHER $3 TRILLION in related spending required by mandates and rules. As Mills put it, that is far more than the enormous cost of Obamacare and dwarfs the $4 million the USA spent to fight WWII. (Partially copied from Mills' essay.)

". . .A March 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overall federal government spending in FY2023 found that “more than $175 billion of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs,” and “$44.6 billion were unknown payments.” [emphasis added] The only “good news,” the GAO wrote, was that the “unknown” was $11 billion less than in the previous fiscal year, when Covid money was still being liberally ladled out. Again, only the naïve would conclude that waste, fraud, and abuse didn’t account for any of those “unknown” payments and “errors” in the normal course of our government’s $6 trillion annual budget. . . "

". . .Now along comes the IRA, another federal government gusher, with its overall $6 trillion directed at “climate finance,” with far fewer administrative and oversight guardrails than one normally finds in federal programs. What could go wrong?. . ."
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And not one dime is identifiable as beneficial to, i.e. makes life better for, Mr. & Mrs. John Doe citizen.

I expect the leftists won't care.

I hope those who still do care are paying attention. If we EVER needed a government accountability office it is now.

The Inflation Reduction Act: A Looming Political Earthquake

The law's unprecedented climate spending—much of it uninvestigated—may soon lead to unprecedented scandals.

www.city-journal.org

 

[EMH]

"lost track of" somewhere between $24 and $41 BILLION in Climate Finance money. Most of that came from the USA.

It is not called the Co2 FRAUD for nothing....

America has flushed $20 trillion into the hands of sick evil dishonest treasonous people... because we have one demographic "in charge of science" that gets everything wrong deliberately, starting with 911...

 

[Natural Citizen]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do?

We tried.

The normies ignored and laughed.

So you get what you deserve.

Reap it...

 

[Concerned American]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do? Whether that somebody(ies) is Elon Musk or somebody else, I present a case outlined by Mark P. Mills who has some pretty impressive credentials himself. I will summarize a bit of what he reports in the linked essay:

1. The World Bank has "lost track of" somewhere between $24 and $41 BILLION in Climate Finance money. Most of that came from the USA.

2. The World Bank issue is chump change, however, when it comes to how the so-called Inflation Reduction Act has been used or misused so far. This act includes $3 TRILLION in direct grants, subsidies and such plus ANOTHER $3 TRILLION in related spending required by mandates and rules. As Mills put it, that is far more than the enormous cost of Obamacare and dwarfs the $4 million the USA spent to fight WWII. (Partially copied from Mills' essay.)

". . .A March 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overall federal government spending in FY2023 found that “more than $175 billion of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs,” and “$44.6 billion were unknown payments.” [emphasis added] The only “good news,” the GAO wrote, was that the “unknown” was $11 billion less than in the previous fiscal year, when Covid money was still being liberally ladled out. Again, only the naïve would conclude that waste, fraud, and abuse didn’t account for any of those “unknown” payments and “errors” in the normal course of our government’s $6 trillion annual budget. . . "

". . .Now along comes the IRA, another federal government gusher, with its overall $6 trillion directed at “climate finance,” with far fewer administrative and oversight guardrails than one normally finds in federal programs. What could go wrong?. . ."
_____________________________________________________________________________________

And not one dime is identifiable as beneficial to, i.e. makes life better for, Mr. & Mrs. John Doe citizen.

I expect the leftists won't care.

I hope those who still do care are paying attention. If we EVER needed a government accountability office it is now.

The Inflation Reduction Act: A Looming Political Earthquake

The law's unprecedented climate spending—much of it uninvestigated—may soon lead to unprecedented scandals.

www.city-journal.org

WA operates in this fashion. The democrat legislature passes new spending and tax increases without voter approval. Two years later, an initiative makes the ballot to repeal the legislature's actions and the democrats spend tax payer $$$ to lobby voters to defeat the repeal. Democrats, being the morons that they are, will vote to maintain the tax increases. SMH.

 

[Oddball]

We tried.

The normies ignored and laughed.

So you get what you deserve.

Reap it...

 

[Concerned American]

We tried.

The normies ignored and laughed.

So you get what you deserve.

Reap it...

There was a day when some members of both parties believed in fiscal responsibility. One such democrat was Sen. William Proxmire. We need more like him. Bring back the Golden Fleece Award.

 

[BluesLegend]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do?

The politicians have RIGGED elections to largely prevent voters from firing their ass. That's why these incompetent losers end up holding their congressional seat for 40-50 years. So yeah, we need another way of firing their ass.

 

[justoffal]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do? Whether that somebody(ies) is Elon Musk or somebody else, I present a case outlined by Mark P. Mills who has some pretty impressive credentials himself. I will summarize a bit of what he reports in the linked essay:

1. The World Bank has "lost track of" somewhere between $24 and $41 BILLION in Climate Finance money. Most of that came from the USA.

2. The World Bank issue is chump change, however, when it comes to how the so-called Inflation Reduction Act has been used or misused so far. This act includes $3 TRILLION in direct grants, subsidies and such plus ANOTHER $3 TRILLION in related spending required by mandates and rules. As Mills put it, that is far more than the enormous cost of Obamacare and dwarfs the $4 million the USA spent to fight WWII. (Partially copied from Mills' essay.)

". . .A March 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overall federal government spending in FY2023 found that “more than $175 billion of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs,” and “$44.6 billion were unknown payments.” [emphasis added] The only “good news,” the GAO wrote, was that the “unknown” was $11 billion less than in the previous fiscal year, when Covid money was still being liberally ladled out. Again, only the naïve would conclude that waste, fraud, and abuse didn’t account for any of those “unknown” payments and “errors” in the normal course of our government’s $6 trillion annual budget. . . "

". . .Now along comes the IRA, another federal government gusher, with its overall $6 trillion directed at “climate finance,” with far fewer administrative and oversight guardrails than one normally finds in federal programs. What could go wrong?. . ."
_____________________________________________________________________________________

And not one dime is identifiable as beneficial to, i.e. makes life better for, Mr. & Mrs. John Doe citizen.

I expect the leftists won't care.

I hope those who still do care are paying attention. If we EVER needed a government accountability office it is now.

The Inflation Reduction Act: A Looming Political Earthquake

The law's unprecedented climate spending—much of it uninvestigated—may soon lead to unprecedented scandals.

www.city-journal.org

I would check zalensky's bank account

 

[Natural Citizen]

So yeah, we need another way of firing their ass.

Expanding the federal government, as is invoked in the title of the thread, seems antithetical/counterintuitive to me.

It's comparable to the time the federal goovernment was whining about pollution when they were the biggest polluters on the planet and then turning around and saying, hey...the solution is more government.

Whacko birds.

And people wonder why they're in the mess they're in.

Nope. The only way people are gonna wake up and hold government accountable in any meaningful way is to let the reaping and sowing run its course.

You have to truly experience and suffer the consequences of poor decisions and apathy in general in order to learn from them. It's the only meaningful path.

I say ''you'' but I'm just generally speaking.

 

[BluesLegend]

Expanding the federal government, as is invoked in the title of the thread, seems antithetical/counterintuitive to me.

Make me dictator for a day, 50% of government workers would be let go.

 

[Concerned American]

Make me dictator for a day, 50% of government workers would be let go.

I would start by reducing the staff of every congress critter to TWO people, total.

 

[Thinker101]

We tried.

The normies ignored and laughed.

So you get what you deserve.

Reap it...

 

[mamooth]

I expect the leftists won't care.

How's the Russian propaganda working out for you this time around?

Not so well? You can't get anyone outside of the SafeSpace to pay attention?

Well, keep trying.

 

[Foxfyre]

The politicians have RIGGED elections to largely prevent voters from firing their ass. That's why these incompetent losers end up holding their congressional seat for 40-50 years. So yeah, we need another way of firing their ass.

The people hold all the authority to fire their elected representatives via their vote. Or at least that is how it is intended to be. Perhaps a Government Accountablity Office auditing and reporting their findings on the worst government waste and/or malfeasance will inspire more folks to realize their elected representatives have not been representing them.

 

[BluesLegend]

The people hold all the authority to fire their elected representatives via their vote.

That's an illusion. When the politicians have RIGGED each district such that either a Dem or Rep is guaranteed to win it, and that party has a death grip on who can run, and will primary and outspend anyone who dares stick their nose in the vast majority of representatives are bought and owned by the party. Voter choice is an illusion.

 

[Foxfyre]

Expanding the federal government, as is invoked in the title of the thread, seems antithetical/counterintuitive to me.

It's comparable to the time the federal goovernment was whining about pollution when they were the biggest polluters on the planet and then turning around and saying, hey...the solution is more government.

Whacko birds.

And people wonder why they're in the mess they're in.

Nope. The only way people are gonna wake up and hold government accountable in any meaningful way is to let the reaping and sowing run its course.

You have to truly experience and suffer the consequences of poor decisions and apathy in general in order to learn from them. It's the only meaningful path.

I say ''you'' but I'm just generally speaking.

I'm pretty sure at least some department are likely to be shut down as ineffective or inefficient or redundant. I would also guess Elon will opt to not take a salary or, like Trump did in this first term, will donate it back to the government. I don't know that either will do that this time but I would not fault either if they don't.

But when you are losing track of massive amounts of cash--we are talking mega billions and probably trillions here--that are unaccounted for, it is high time the people had an accounting. I like the idea of a government efficiency cabinet position focusing just on that.

 

[eagle1462010]

Does anyone question whether we need somebody holding government accountable in what they do? Whether that somebody(ies) is Elon Musk or somebody else, I present a case outlined by Mark P. Mills who has some pretty impressive credentials himself. I will summarize a bit of what he reports in the linked essay:

1. The World Bank has "lost track of" somewhere between $24 and $41 BILLION in Climate Finance money. Most of that came from the USA.

2. The World Bank issue is chump change, however, when it comes to how the so-called Inflation Reduction Act has been used or misused so far. This act includes $3 TRILLION in direct grants, subsidies and such plus ANOTHER $3 TRILLION in related spending required by mandates and rules. As Mills put it, that is far more than the enormous cost of Obamacare and dwarfs the $4 million the USA spent to fight WWII. (Partially copied from Mills' essay.)

". . .A March 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overall federal government spending in FY2023 found that “more than $175 billion of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs,” and “$44.6 billion were unknown payments.” [emphasis added] The only “good news,” the GAO wrote, was that the “unknown” was $11 billion less than in the previous fiscal year, when Covid money was still being liberally ladled out. Again, only the naïve would conclude that waste, fraud, and abuse didn’t account for any of those “unknown” payments and “errors” in the normal course of our government’s $6 trillion annual budget. . . "

". . .Now along comes the IRA, another federal government gusher, with its overall $6 trillion directed at “climate finance,” with far fewer administrative and oversight guardrails than one normally finds in federal programs. What could go wrong?. . ."
_____________________________________________________________________________________

And not one dime is identifiable as beneficial to, i.e. makes life better for, Mr. & Mrs. John Doe citizen.

I expect the leftists won't care.

I hope those who still do care are paying attention. If we EVER needed a government accountability office it is now.

The Inflation Reduction Act: A Looming Political Earthquake

The law's unprecedented climate spending—much of it uninvestigated—may soon lead to unprecedented scandals.

www.city-journal.org

Money Laundering that makes Capone an ametuer

 

[Foxfyre]

Money Laundering that makes Capone an ametuer

Of course that has to cross our minds when we see such massive amounts of cash that cannot be accounted for. But we won't know that for sure until some objective person or persons actually look into it to find out where it's all going.

 

[candycorn]

It would take generations but you start with changing congressional districts. They no longer need to be contiguous. Some are as wide as a city block or two to make them contiguous. Stop that nonsense. Take the population by zip code and assign them to a group; 1-10. #1’s are high in population. #2s less so, #10’s have the fewest. Then assign zip codes to each contressional district at random. District 1 gets a mix of 1’s through 10’s, same for District 2, 3, 4 etc... Eventually they are all near the same population. The mix is diferent by income, by ethnicity, by needs. The result is no more safe districts except by total chance. Then every 10 years, re-allocate the zip codes so 90210 ends up in a different district every 10 years.

You also need to put the AG on the same footing as the head of the FBI (you stagger the two positions). Appoint for 10 years crossing 2.5 presidential terms. This way you get some independence. Trump promised in 2016 to have Hillary investigated. Should never have flown.

Next, make one house of the Congress take up the passed bills of the other chamber within 90 days. A full floor vote on the bill from the Senate is voted on by the House and vice versa. No more shelving bills by the Speaker or Majority leader.

Finally, every 10 years, zero based budgeting. Start at zero. No carry over from the previous year. All funding bills can be no more than $100M and must be department specific. If DOD had a $1B budget, there would be 10 bills that would need to be passed to fund it. If you want to make the increment $1B instead of $100M, okay. Its just a factor of how granular you want to get.

 

[eagle1462010]

Of course that has to cross our minds when we see such massive amounts of cash that cannot be accounted for. But we won't know that for sure until some objective person or persons actually look into it to find out where it's all going.

They object when people look.

Like ask Ukraine was this happing.

BAM..IMPEACHMENT.

Yet the Big Guy getting his share emails were real.

Where is that prosecution?