Trump administration doing long overdue purge of wasteful federal spending
Editor:
Our taxes are investments in our nation with Americans being the investors. The caretaker of our tax dollars, the government, owes us accountability and transparency. If companies or businesses did with investor money what the government has done with tax money, they would go to prison.
All federal agencies are being investigated and one by one, the American people will see what we’ve all suspected: fraud, corruption and abuse – a betrayal to the American people. The veneer of a trustworthy government run by the Democrats is cracking and no matter how much they moan and groan, their image has been tarnished beyond repair. Their lamentations are falling on deaf ears as more Americans not only awaken to the truth but are eager to find out more.
Each time another misuse or abuse is revealed, it is step closer to the truth.
Whether it’s FEMA and their outlandish money spent on illegal immigrants (millions) at the expense of Americans; some affected by Hurricane Helene or misappropriation of US funds, US citizens have once again suffered. Those in North Carolina living in tents as opposed to people without a social security number, haven’t paid taxes or are not American citizens being put up in hotels in New York City. What an insult to Americans.
The insane priorities of USAID spending during the Biden administration has put into question not only the need of such expenditures but their value.
Rubio, who was also named the agency’s acting administrator, argued on Fox News USAID has evolved into a “global charity.” This allows it to spend tax dollars “irrespective of whether it is in the national interest or not in the national interest,” he said.
The agency is under scrutiny for abuse and waste, such as: $50 million to fund condoms overseas, $1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia’s workplaces, $70,000 for the production of a DEI musical in Ireland, $47,000 on a transgender opera in Colombia, $32,000 for a transgender comic in Peru, and $37 million to the World Health Organization.
And let’s look at the extravagant spending going on in the Alps with those wealthy Ukrainians spending millions on luxury ski resorts. Where’s the money coming from? The Ukrainian military is selling the arms we sent them. Arms are being stolen and sold to our actual enemies.
And the reason this is going on is obvious. There is not a system of checks and balances so efficient tracking and accountability is sacrificed. Instead no one is aware how that money is spent or where it’s actually going; we’re talking billions here.
This lack of follow up with tracking and accountability has played havoc with our tax dollars and has become a reprehensible pattern with no clarity.
Moving on to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare and Disability. There is now evidence of widespread fraud and the magnitude far exceeds the total sum of “every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR, It’s not even close.”(Elon Musk) Not surprising!
The purge has begun, and without a doubt it is long overdue. I’ve been smelling a rat for some time now, and finally the right exterminator is ridding our nation of corruption, duplicity of funds and fraud. Those pests have been out of control for too long.
I love my country and as this criminality is scourged, I looked forward to a better America.
Mary Mager
Fairport, formerly of Albion
