> review the most basic financial information of our government departments That is what the GAO is for https://www.gao.gov/ https://www.gao.gov/ , and these p

> review the most basic financial information of our government departments That is what the GAO is for https://www.gao.gov/ https://www.gao.gov/ , and these people are much better than script kiddies. > I would really like my tax money used more efficiently Me too! You are on hacker news so I assume you are firm believer in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law ! If you would like your tax money used efficiently, are you willing to discuss cuts to social security, medicare, medicaid, veteran benefits, and whatever else is at the top of the budget? https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61181 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61181? What would you cut? Personally, I would increase taxes on anyone making over $500K/year and stop nickle and diming our federal government so the US can actually become a first world country for everyone that isn't a software engineer.