Posted on 03/30/2024 8:05:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In a revelation that may unsettle many taxpayers, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has brought to light a staggering figure of $236 billion in improper or incorrect payments made under the Biden administration last year alone.
This sum, which does not even fully account for all susceptible programs, indicates a level of fiscal mismanagement that demands immediate attention and action.
The breakdown provided by the GAO is particularly alarming, with Medicare and Medicaid together accounting for nearly $100 billion of this colossal waste. Such figures not only represent a “material deficiency or weakness in internal controls” within these agencies, but also signal a broader issue of accountability and efficiency within the administration’s handling of taxpayer dollars.
Improper payments, as defined by the GAO, include those that should not have been made or were made in incorrect amounts. This encompasses a wide array of errors, from administrative oversight to fraudulent claims, each contributing to the hemorrhaging of public funds at an unprecedented scale.
With Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness also contributing tens of billions to the total, the extent of misallocated or mishandled funds spans across several critical sectors of government aid and support programs.
This disclosure is not merely a reflection of administrative inefficiencies, but a stark reminder of the real-world implications such financial discrepancies have on the nation’s fiscal health and the public’s trust in government.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It’s not stealing if it buys Democrat votes.
10% for the Big Guy.
so CLAW it back
This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs.
Specifically, the bill includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2024 appropriations bills:
The bill also modifies the Compacts of Free Association that govern the relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
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well...accidents happen. just Dun the taxpayers for more. they can’t say NO.
$236 billion here, $236 billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
The Biden Crime Family just got immensely richer.
Nothing but a dumb ass believes they “lost” $250 billions.
BUMP
How do you think politics gets funded?
With each democrat administration the grift just gets bigger and bigger, remember Hillary’s state department and 6 billion unaccounted for. Oh wait, the fact checkers now say it was just a paperwork error....
OR MORE
Just gets added to the national debt.
The more money available to the public/gov employees, the more fraud that will occur. It’s just that simple. This is the reason we need to shrink the bloated government.
So who is going to prison?
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improper or incorrect payments, they know what they are doing, thier plundering
"In a revelation that may unsettle many taxpayers, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has brought to light a staggering figure of $236 billion in improper or incorrect payments made under the Biden administration last year alone [??? emphasis added]."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
First, the bottom line ...
Consider that political party and media fuss about "obsolete" electoral college is because it is the only thing stopping the corrupt political parties from establishing a permanent puppet presidency that will unquestioningly sign unconstitutional taxing and spending bills into law.
Regarding Biden Administration improper or incorrect payments, the drafters of the Constitution gave the power of the purse uniquely to the House, not the Executive Branch. So Congress must take constitutional responsibility for the improper or incorrect Biden Administration payments whether it wants to or not imo.
But the situation is actually worse than the corrupt Biden Administration. More specifically, the likewise corrupt Congress is protecting Biden from impeachment and removal from office for, among other things, his alleged mishandling of taxpayer dollars imo.
Majority in new poll say Biden, most members of Congress don’t deserve new term: Gallup (2.2.24)
Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds (3.2.24)
70% of New York voters say Biden not fit to serve another term: poll (2.20.24)
In other words, it's now up to Trump's tsunami of Democratic and Republican supporters to effectively "impeach and remove" Congress from office in November.
Biden-protecting lawmakers need to be replaced with patriots who will support hopeful Trump 47 to not only finish draining the swamp, but also do the following.
New lawmakers additionally need to support Trump in leading the states to put a stop to unconstitutional federal taxes and unconstitutional interference in the affairs of the sovereign states.
More specifically, Trump needs to lead ALL the states need to effectively "secede" from the tyrannical federal government by repealing the 16th (16A direct taxes) and 17th (17A; popular voting for federal senators) Amendments (16&17A).
Consider the repealing of 16&17A as part of reparations for victim taxpayers of the corrupt federal government for having to pay a lifetime of unconstitutional federal taxes, taxes that Congress cannot reasonably justify under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers and a few other constitutionally enumerated expenses.
"16th Amendment : The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived [emphasis added], without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
“ If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles [emphases added].” — Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
From the congressional record:
”Simply this, that the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Constitution, is in the States and not in the federal government [emphases added]. I have sought to effect no change in that respect in the Constitution of the country.” —John Bingham, Congressional. Globe. 1866, page 1292 (see top half of third column)
“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
Pelosi: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." (non-FR; 6 sec.)
Democrats [and RINOs] Are Terrified Of An Educated And Informed Public (3.12.23)
Again, consider that corrupt political party and media fuss about "obsolete" electoral college is because the electoral college is the only thing stopping the corrupt political parties that have pirated control of state and federal governments from establishing a permanent puppet presidency that will unquestioningly sign unconstitutional taxing and spending bills into law.
Gooberment. Too big. Too powerful. Too expensive. Unaccountable.
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