You are arguing from this bucket > conversely if we delete funds nominally allocated to X or Y it means we don't care about X or Y I am saying you can't assum

You are arguing from this bucket > conversely if we delete funds nominally allocated to X or Y it means we don't care about X or Y I am saying you can't assume that because money was allocated for something it went to the critical thing you wanted. Like 45 billion for rural broadband. > The example here was doctor reimbursement. Yes. If the doctor reimbursement is improper you don't pay it out. It is the hospital's job to get things right when asking for money. If the hospital sent an invoice for a procedure the patient did not actually get (this was a large amount of the waste), you REALLY DO NOT PAY, if you pay then you are signaling to the hospital that it's OK to keep overcharging the VA.