> No, it’s not 500B per year. Just as a sanity check we aren’t spending more than twice as much on empty buildings than the Air Force. Just for sanity check,

> No, it’s not 500B per year. Just as a sanity check we aren’t spending more than twice as much on empty buildings than the Air Force. Just for sanity check, why don't you do a modicum of research before posting nonsense? What a concept! Here, I'll help you. Read this report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106200.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106200.pdf From the document: "the 24 FRPC agencies spend about $2 billion a year to operate and maintain owned federal office buildings. In addition, agencies may postpone maintenance and repairs to assets in their portfolios for various reasons, which over time can create a backlog of costly deferred maintenance and repairs." "In addition, allowing unneeded leases to expire would directly reduce costs. Federal agencies spend about $5 billion annually to lease office space from the private and government sector" And here's the "Oh, shit!" realization: "GAO and others have reported on issues with managing repairs and maintenance in federally owned facilities, which are costly to the federal government. Federal agency financial reports have reported $76 billion in deferred maintenance and repair costs in 2021, an increase of about 50 percent since 2017." $76 BILLION in deferred maintenance and repairs just two years ago. What do you want to bet this number doesn't go down any time soon and will absolutely explode into hundreds of billions if not dealt with in some form within a decade? In other words, it is worse than the $1.7 billion per year being quoted, massively worse. Here's another article on the subject: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-jeff-denham-government-property-bill-20160303-story.html https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-jeff-denham-gover... How about we look at other issues? Here's a simple one: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/18/heres-how-the-federal-government-wastes-tax-money.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/18/heres-how-the-federal-govern... "Improper payments, which refer to payments that are made incorrectly by the government, cost the U.S. $247 billion in 2022, according to the Government Accountability Office. The U.S. government has lost almost $2.4 trillion in simple payment errors over the last two decades, by GAO estimates." > If we’ve learned anything over the last 30 years of broadband subsidies is handing them more money won’t solve the problem. Duh. Any business person knows this. Here's a concept: Establish clear objectives, milestones, accountability and supervise, supervise, supervise. The problem isn't subsidies at all. The problem is that our government is incompetent at nearly every level. Again, big picture instead of hyperventilating at the micro level. Fix root causes. The root cause has to do with truly incompetent and unmotivated people managing billion dollar programs. Why would these agencies be any better than the DMV? There's a fundamental need to drive for competence and results in government. Until we do that nothing else will ever be solved.