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GAO audit is not a perfect tool, the evidence is a $2 trillion deficit that is ballooning every year. Very easy to pass GAO audit as long as there is some "pape
by slt2021 2y ago
GAO audit is not a perfect tool, the evidence is a $2 trillion deficit that is ballooning every year. Very easy to pass GAO audit as long as there is some "paperwork" backing the expense.
What DOGE/Musk is doing is auditing expenses not in terms of "have these expenses been properly authorized with the paper trail?", but rather "are these expenses vital for the US taxpayer, can we remove them?"
GAO can only find some bogus expenses without paper trail
DOGE is funding expenses with proper and perfect paper trail, but ultimately unnecessary for the US taxpayer
- bendmorris 2y agoThe deficit is a result of deficit spending authorized by Congress. Audits have nothing to do with reducing the deficit. DOGE is literally one deeply compromised person deciding what is "necessary" or "unnecessary" to spend, after Congress already authorized it. That is blatantly unconstitutional. There are checks and balances in the system for a reason.
- slt2021 2y agochecks and balances led to 36 trillion debt, they are not working
- bendmorris 2y agoI have news for you. The Republican budget plan will increase the debt by about 4 trillion [1], an unprecedented amount. They're slashing spending in tiny departments and then handing out multiples of that as tax breaks, mostly to very wealthy people. So if you're relying on "DOGE" and the Trump administration to bring down the debt, you're going to be disappointed. The last budget surplus was under Clinton. [1] https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-reveal-trump-tax-plan-will-cost-us-45-trillion-2030024 https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-reveal-trump-tax-plan-w...