I am sure it is mind boggling.
I think this is one of the attractions for Ron Paul. People understand auditing the books to verify or expose waste and fraud. The fact this cannot be done damns every congressman and woman in DC who has not signed on to having this done.
Personally, I believe the congress and executive branch are so corrupted that the only avenue for anything fair would have to come from the Supreme Court. Maybe they could appoint some form of special investigator to get to the bottom of it all. The only thing we voters can do is keep voting to limit taxes/funds that allow the congress and executive branch to continue abusing power.
We outrageously pay the ACLU with taxpayer funds. Why can we not have a conservative ombudsman to represent conservatives?