Congress funds things they shouldn’t fund all the time. It’s still their job to fix it. For example, we could start will military spending.
Federal judge hands Musk’s DOGE a win on data access at 3 agencies
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Nor do you and that's the problem. No one really knows anything about DOGE. The DOGE staff haven't been vetted and they have access to very delicate information. Do you not see a problem with that? We don't live in a Trump monarchy, as much as it appears to displeasure you.
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Lol they're the most transparent group in our government 😂🤣
Who "looked at the books"?
There were ZERO auditors. Only a bunch of web-page programmers with 1-3 years of experience.
They'll probably test this one before the term is up...
Of course some of it is fraud. If money is slipped into a bill for funding and Congress does not do their due diligence to line item everything...then that (in my mind) is fraud or at the VERY least WASTE.
I will respectfully disagree. If you don't honestly believe that they can quickly find waste where it exist....then I cannot help you on that. But, you are correct on one thing, we will know the truth one way or the other as they will have to povide receipts for everything they claim. And, if the are not truly finding waste and fraud then no one has to worry because no real needed funding will be cut.
Please tell me how they are skirting the constitution. If they are skirting the constitution, then why are the Dems in Congress not trying to pass a bill to stop it?
I posted an entire thread for you on how Congress has ALL the tools needed to identify and de-fund the fraud.
Did you READ it?
Been posted many many times for you.
Perhaps a former Reagan WH lawyer can spell it out for you:
Alan Charles Raul was associate White House counsel under President Ronald Reagan and general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget under Reagan and President George H.W. Bush. He is board secretary of the Society for the Rule of Law and a lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Why are you incapable of reading things?
So you really believe the US is furnishing Arabs with millions of condoms? Good for you!
Not sure how anyone can call this an audit or efficiency review. Professional audits and reviews don’t operate like a PR campaign. It’s operating more like a political vendetta than efficiency review/audit. The waste they’ve pointed out so far I believe in the USAid budget has amounted to around 1% of the budget. And DOGE in its haste has been wrong about several instances of waste.
The status quo of government and spending definitely needs reform. I doubt Musk is the man to get us there. In the end new swamp creatures appointed by Trump or the next guy will create another swamp. It’s obvious the IG’s were all fired so it would be easier to fire and replace government employees with lapdogs.
The status quo of government and spending definitely needs reform. I doubt Musk is the man to get us there. In the end new swamp creatures appointed by Trump or the next guy will create another swamp. It’s obvious the IG’s were all fired so it would be easier to fire and replace government employees with lapdogs.
Because Congress doesn't pass bills to overturn unconstitutional acts. That's the job of the Judiciary and why there are so many lawsuits filed on these items already.
SMFH
I heard on NPR today that Trump is seeking to shield DOGE from FOIA requests through some sleight of hand via the presidential records act.
Probably why NPR is in the crosshairs. Can't have people in the media going off the script.
The people who call this an audit are very…simple people. They’re the kind of people who fall for cults and worship celebrity. Sad.
Yes, and have they done it? A fire department can have all the tools to put out a fire, but if the fail to use them and the fire burns out of control...something else must be done to fix that issue.
You have shown me the opinons of two RHINO appointees. Here is what a Federal Judge just ruled two days ago.
LINK - DOGE Gets a Win to continue
I believe they even admitted the mistake on that one. So, you don't believe ANY waste has been found (like the one I referenced earlier in this thread)? Good for you.
So, if you don’t like the results of bills from a democratically elected Congress, you can just do whatever the f*** you want?
And, the Judiciary has ruled in favor of DOGE two days ago.
So, you are also refusing to acknowlege that a Federal judge has ruled in favor of DOGE two days ago? I can't help it if you if you don't like the ruling. Trump has already said they will follow the courts, and if needed file appeals...unlike his predecessor. Right now, everything they are doing is legal.
Who is in the majority in Congress, please look it up. or, the Repubs have a 53-47 majority and the House Repubs have a 1 or 2 seat majority.
The Dems cannot pass a bill by themselves and the Repub bootlickers almost always vote how Dumpster wants. So this is all down to the Repubs.
It is good politics as the minority to try to bring a vote to the floor on a bill to see if some Repubs will vote with them. And the vote could be a shame on you type of vote like voting for more food for poor kids just to see how many Repubs will vote against it.
An agency can’t usurp the constitutional and statuary role of Congress. That’s what you don’t seem to get. You “feel” there’s fraud in congressionally-authorized spend, but DOGE isn’t authorized as an agency to do what they’re doing.
I see you’re going to choose to die on this hill so my words are meaningless
It’s a PR campaign. Calling it anything else is generous.
There is “waste” every where in business…I just think this DOGE bullshit is just that…mostly agenda driven bullshit… and nothing that can’t be handled more efficiently on a daily basis…Again… why was there a big deal about about condoms for Arabs when it was a phuquin’ lie from the get-go? Just bullshit to create noise and get everyone up in arms…because we know a couple of things about Trump… he is a lyin’ sumbitch about everything and he loves to make noise… lots of phuquin’ noise.
Do you even understand why that would be done? Are you totally unaware of ethnic Albanians and Croats?
It happened to be part of educating the Serbs that genocide is a bad thing.
That’s not exactly the way a bill works. Nothing would ever get done without the wheeling and dealing and horse trading. “I’ll vote for your bill if you add this thing for my state to it. “
Well, you'd be wrong. That's a law, not fraud. But you do you and assume what you want. That's par for the course for anti-american principled maga.
Yes, in one case. Which is at it should work. That doesn't dismiss the ignorance you once again demonstrated.And, the Judiciary has ruled in favor of DOGE two days ago.
Not even that much.
And it keeps our troops safe in unstable/combat zones. So, eliminating that we can expect more hostilities pointed at them.
DOGE has zero constitutional authority to over-ride Congress on spending.
None.
Already posted the article from the Reagan WH counsel who outlined that for you.
The DOGE staff have a similar background check as other government employees.
