Talked about TDS. The swamp is going to be the swamp no matter who's in charge. Why didn't you blame LBJ while you're at it?
Originally Posted by gnadfly
True, doesn't matter if it was Trump or Biden, it's the "system" and by system I mean Congress, that is fucked up and which side of the aisle was all for spending this kind of money on programs that had no checks and balances? That would be the Democrat party. The Republican party was never for this kind of spending but to the degree they went along, they absolutely get part of the blame.
$400 billion lost. I've said this before so many times I can count. I said it when we first learned that billions in Medicare and Medicaid money was being scammed decades ago. We, as a government, have probably lost tens of trillions of dollars over the past few decades.
Back then I suggested that if we are going to spend this kind of money, we need checks and balances and by that I mean that every single check that goes out must be verified. Yeah, that would take thousands of employee's and maybe cost a billion dollars but WE JUST LOST $400 billion in one swoop.
We know for a fact AFTER the fact, that millions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid fraud where sent to the same address but apparently nobody noticed. Checks were sent to addresses that did not exist. What if there were actual people RESPONSIBLE for confirming where all this GOVERNMENT money was going?
There has to be a better way but the people responsible for finding that better way, simply don't give a shit because it isn't their money. They get their check no matter how much money is lost/ wasted.