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I have been wanting to rant on this for a while.

There are many interested parties who attempt to influence our federal government and its actions by recruiting Agents of Influence. Among the “agents of influence” are politicians, SES (Senior Executive Service), civil servants, and anyone else capable of providing intel or influencing Federal government decisions. The parties trying to gain influence include foreign powers, interest groups (e.g., environazis), corporations (e.g., Goldman Sachs), unions, various causes, and even religious groups (e.g., scientology...OK, they’re not really a religion but they did try to infiltrate the CIA and FBI).

The normal way to gain control over an Agent of Influence is through money, ideology, or blackmail.

For example, I would bet my last dollar that a few congresscritters have secretly been enriched by the Saudis and other OPECKERS to oppose drilling in the USA in order to protect their cartel’s profits.

In order to root out such Agents of Influence I propose that that under the Palin Administration the IRS shall conduct deep, intrusive audits of all members of Congress, all SES, and all senior civil servants. ALL OF THEM REGARDLESS OF PARTY. A deep audit will uncover suspicious money transfers, windfall profits on real estate or other investments, large gifts such as cars, etc.

Then the Justice Dept. needs to PROSECUTE anyone who has been evading taxes, taking bribes, or aiding outside groups.
The criminal Agents of Influence will run for the exits at the first sign that such a serious crackdown is on the way.

This cleanup is the prelude to a 80-90% reduction in force of all civil servants. We need to screen and vet the remaining workers to retain only the honest, un-bribable few. There are few critical Federal functions that cannot be better done by outside contractors.

Such a drastic reduction in the civil service workforce is one of the primary strategies for fixing the runaway federal deficit.