Minority Contracting - The Scandal that DOGE Has Not Addressed

[DGS49]

The Scandal of Minority Contracting

Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock

blog.joelonsdale.com

Minority and WBE Contracting are bullshit programs that have been going on for many decades. Top-down mandates to procurement agencies and departments demand that a certain percentage of project subcontracts go to companies that are owned and controlled by Blacks, women, and other POC's or persecuted demographics. The intention - always altruistic - has been to foster the growth of such companies to promote [I gag at the words] "Social Justice."

But those companies generally do not exist. How could they?

So what happens is some "evil, rich, White" people find a token POC or woman who can create a company, be its President, bid and get the subcontracts, then somehow flow down the actual work and money back to the White people who are actually in charge. Some of the scams are so transparent that they are laughable, and more often than not the President ends up become quite wealthy - at least for a time - and happy as the proverbial clam.

This is not just a Federal problem. In fact it is worse at the State and local levels.

And it is huge. All American tax payers should be aware of this phenomenon, and pushing their elected representatives to kill these POC and women owned business subcontracting mandates. The paltry number of successful, legitimate businesses that have been created and survived is a national disgrace.

 

[Manonthestreet]

My brother just opened a different company under his wife's name

 

[1srelluc]

I believe the feds dropped it early in the Trump administration for federal contracts.

Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting - and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year - as government programs for "disadvantaged" firms have fallen to legal attack over the past year.

In a seismic shift, a series of court rulings have held that some of the federal government's largest diversity programs violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection, often citing the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to overturn race-conscious college admissions.

As a result, key agencies have dropped race and gender preferences born in the civil rights era and intended to level the playing field by setting aside billions each year in contracting dollars for minority- and women-owned firms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/11/minority-contractors-federal-preferences/

Blue states have a huge problem with minority contracting and that is how a lot of money is laundered into dem coffers.

 

[candycorn]

Has any of the alleged fraudsters been arrested yet?

No?

Carry on.

 

[MarathonMike]

Has any of the alleged fraudsters been arrested yet?

No?

Carry on.

Has anyone from BLM been arrested for fraud? No. We don't have a true "justice system". Democrats turned it into a politically controlled weapon.

 

[Oddball]

The Scandal of Minority Contracting

Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock

blog.joelonsdale.com

Minority and WBE Contracting are bullshit programs that have been going on for many decades. Top-down mandates to procurement agencies and departments demand that a certain percentage of project subcontracts go to companies that are owned and controlled by Blacks, women, and other POC's or persecuted demographics. The intention - always altruistic - has been to foster the growth of such companies to promote [I gag at the words] "Social Justice."

But those companies generally do not exist. How could they?

So what happens is some "evil, rich, White" people find a token POC or woman who can create a company, be its President, bid and get the subcontracts, then somehow flow down the actual work and money back to the White people who are actually in charge. Some of the scams are so transparent that they are laughable, and more often than not the President ends up become quite wealthy - at least for a time - and happy as the proverbial clam.

This is not just a Federal problem. In fact it is worse at the State and local levels.

And it is huge. All American tax payers should be aware of this phenomenon, and pushing their elected representatives to kill these POC and women owned business subcontracting mandates. The paltry number of successful, legitimate businesses that have been created and survived is a national disgrace.

Been saying that all along...If DOGE doesn't give the Pentagon a good working over, it's really all just performative.

FTR, I have no faith whatsoever that any significant amount of the waste will be done away with, and only a few token fraudsters will ever be prosecuted.

 

[candycorn]

Has anyone from BLM been arrested for fraud? No.

Glad you asked:

BLM Activist Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering

Sir Maejor Page, 35, of Toledo, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Helmick after a jury convicted him of wire fraud and money laundering for defrauding donors of more than $450,000 that they collectively gave to his nonprofit “Black Lives Matter of Greater...

www.justice.gov

Anything else fuck stain?

We don't have a true "justice system". Democrats turned it into a politically controlled weapon.

Well, the Trump DOJ has prosecuted exactly 0 of the fraudsters the Trump DOGE says they found.

Blaming the democrats...how can you? Oh yeah, you’re a MAGA supporter....you’re a dishonest, lousy person.

 

[MarathonMike]

Anything else fuck stain?

Why did you call me "fuck stain"? You have no class whatsoever. And ONE activist is a good start, how about the 3 founders of BLM who took off and left the organization with millions of dollars of donor money?

 

[candycorn]

Why did you call me "fuck stain"? You have no class whatsoever. And ONE activist is a good start, how about the 3 founders of BLM who took off and left the organization with millions of dollars of donor money?

LOL...

Ahh..changing the subject eh fuckstain? Well, Trump has the DOJ...he should go after anyone who has committed fraud. Blam him or AG Bondi.... Why isn’t he/she doing that.

Now back to DOGE...why hasn’t any of the supposed fraudsters been arrested?

 

[Rawley]

The Scandal of Minority Contracting

Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock

blog.joelonsdale.com

Minority and WBE Contracting are bullshit programs that have been going on for many decades. Top-down mandates to procurement agencies and departments demand that a certain percentage of project subcontracts go to companies that are owned and controlled by Blacks, women, and other POC's or persecuted demographics. The intention - always altruistic - has been to foster the growth of such companies to promote [I gag at the words] "Social Justice."

But those companies generally do not exist. How could they?

So what happens is some "evil, rich, White" people find a token POC or woman who can create a company, be its President, bid and get the subcontracts, then somehow flow down the actual work and money back to the White people who are actually in charge. Some of the scams are so transparent that they are laughable, and more often than not the President ends up become quite wealthy - at least for a time - and happy as the proverbial clam.

This is not just a Federal problem. In fact it is worse at the State and local levels.

And it is huge. All American tax payers should be aware of this phenomenon, and pushing their elected representatives to kill these POC and women owned business subcontracting mandates. The paltry number of successful, legitimate businesses that have been created and survived is a national disgrace.

Pretty sure this is addressed in his DEI EOs

 

[22lcidw]

Has any of the alleged fraudsters been arrested yet?

No?

Carry on.

And there lie the real issues. Accusations of racism and hate and all of the rest of those words. It is known in Prog cities that minority contractors cost more and get less production. And on top of that it is not like all other contractors are that great. Although there are some who are very good.

 

[candycorn]

And there lie the real issues.

Yeah, either DOGE was lying about uncovering fraud or the DOJ is incompetent.

Accusations of racism and hate and all of the rest of those words.

Huh?

It is known in Prog cities that minority contractors cost more and get less production. And on top of that it is not like all other contractors are that great. Although there are some who are very good.

Yeah, some places fire thousands of workers only to have to re-hire them the next day...pretty incompetent...don’t you think?

 

[Moonglow]

The Scandal of Minority Contracting

Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock

blog.joelonsdale.com

Minority and WBE Contracting are bullshit programs that have been going on for many decades. Top-down mandates to procurement agencies and departments demand that a certain percentage of project subcontracts go to companies that are owned and controlled by Blacks, women, and other POC's or persecuted demographics. The intention - always altruistic - has been to foster the growth of such companies to promote [I gag at the words] "Social Justice."

But those companies generally do not exist. How could they?

So what happens is some "evil, rich, White" people find a token POC or woman who can create a company, be its President, bid and get the subcontracts, then somehow flow down the actual work and money back to the White people who are actually in charge. Some of the scams are so transparent that they are laughable, and more often than not the President ends up become quite wealthy - at least for a time - and happy as the proverbial clam.

This is not just a Federal problem. In fact it is worse at the State and local levels.

And it is huge. All American tax payers should be aware of this phenomenon, and pushing their elected representatives to kill these POC and women owned business subcontracting mandates. The paltry number of successful, legitimate businesses that have been created and survived is a national disgrace.

The group also includes disabled vets, and you want to shutter them like Trump has with the vets and federal jobs?
You guys ain't looking for votes in 2026.

 

[Moonglow]

Yeah, either DOGE was lying about uncovering fraud or the DOJ is incompetent.

Huh?

Yeah, some places fire thousands of workers only to have to re-hire them the next day...pretty incompetent...don’t you think?

I'd say it's downright incompetent.

 

[22lcidw]

Yeah, either DOGE was lying about uncovering fraud or the DOJ is incompetent.

Huh?

Yeah, some places fire thousands of workers only to have to re-hire them the next day...pretty incompetent...don’t you think?

This what I typed was known in cities for many years and decades. And the truth is many contractors can and do take advantage of city, state and federal governments. And it exists at all levels. At higher ones the military/industrial complex is a prime example. The NASA Space Launch System is another along with other space projects. A telescope they have a million miles away was supposed to cost 700 million dollars. It ended up costing ten times more and was 15 years late in launching. A drop out of thousands.

 

[candycorn]

This what I typed was known in cities for many years and decades. And the truth is many contractors can and do take advantage of city, state and federal governments. And it exists at all levels. At higher ones the military/industrial complex is a prime example. The NASA Space Launch System is another along with other space projects. A telescope they have a million miles away was supposed to cost 700 million dollars. It ended up costing ten times more and was 15 years late in launching. A drop out of thousands.

Okay...if there is fraud being committed..why isn’t Trump arresting the fraudsters?

As for NASA, FEMA and other federal agencies you seem to be focusing on for some reason.... when they are funded, they are funded based on previous expenditures. When the expenditures don’t cover reality...more spending is necessary because they are the only players in town.