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> The Government Accountability Office outlines some of the impact of rising government debt on Americans Well, we found another agency that won't last much lo

• daveguy 7mo ago
  Surprised they didn't axe them first just based on the name.
• ceejayoz 7mo ago
  The GAO is part of the legislative branch, not the executive. Makes that quite a bit harder.
• genthree 7mo ago
  GAO and CBO are under Congress directly, fortunately. They're both awesome. Anyone who starts talking about all kinds of obvious ways to cut waste in government and isn't dropping references to GAO and CBO reports all over the place, is almost certainly bullshitting you (glares at Elon Musk). The GOP has hated them for quite a while because they consistently tell them that no, of fucking course cutting taxes won't "pay for itself", but they haven't yet had the votes to get rid of them. Trump can't, they're some of the few government functions that fall under Congress (possible because they don't really administer government, they just issue reports, largely on request, so they're more like research librarians than administrators)