Sorry but all those savings from “waste” is mostly myth!
(And no I am not saying be wasteful!)
You could zero out the USG personnel payroll and nothing changes, off the cliff we go. Every year the percentage of discretionary spending, bullets, bombers, beans, hardware, etc. as part of the overall spending is smaller. Entitlements, interest on the debt, one-other-thing-that-has-slipped-my-mind (Anyway its a have to pay!) gets larger. This belief that Uncle Sucker can take care of you cradle-to-grave, as well as other things became our prevailing philosophy long before there was any cultural rot. You’re putting the cart before the horse.
Actually, they are not ‘myth’. The Pentagon has already admitted of they ‘lost’ tens of millions. Same for the Army. Trust me, that is only for starters. And that is only the military.
But that is not the real point anyway. Point being let’s stop spreading the greenback around the world indiscriminately (like on senseless and endless wars/occupations), bleeding ourselves dry supporting the illegals, and funding things Uncle Sugar has no business funding (like the murder of innocent humans).
THEN, we can look at the other things.
Frankly, if we just spent money (coined by the Treasury - not Federal Reserve Notes) on legitimate, Constitutionally authorized endeavors, we would not be having this (electronic) conversation in the first place!