That statement induces listeners to subconsciously accept government agencies as the fraudsters by saying that there is no justification or verification. Both are within the agencies. Anyone who swallows that has not done much biz with the govt. When I am on project calls for govt jobs, it's me, my local 3-4 govt departmental contacts(IT, Maint, Security, local landlord, ect), and then up to another 3-4(have had as many as an additional 7) of departmental folks from Washington. There is way scrutiny from more levels of folks than when I work private commercial jobs. To act like that isn't scrutiny is moronic.
If you are stating that those ppl aren't trustworthy, then you should have evidence that is clearly usable to prove that. To state that payments don't have codes, etc, is stupid. The amount of paperwork I have to supply to the federal government to get paid is not an insignificant amount. If the government has a problem with payment verification, it's too much paper trail, not too little.
I can only speak for my experience with the GSA over a small period of time(24 years).
Bold face acceptance of $500B of fraud and $100B of annual bad payments is ridiculous without proof. If the government can't pass audits, I agree, that is bullshit. So, pass a bill that caps next year's funding at 80% of the current year if they can't pass an audit.
These interviews are basically late night infomercials where someone is having a hard time using their can opener, then Elon comes in with a 4wheel drive steel chop saw that only runs off of flesh taken from a live human body, and tells you how can openers are hard to use because Big Can is corrupt, but he has a solution...
It's all so rough ridin' stupid. It's a bunch of lackies LARPing.
Dude, your talking about oversight at the micro level, they're talking about macro level stuff. I've done plenty of business with the Federal government and yes, there's purchasing and contracting officers that follow the letter of the rule and law. Their spend wouldn't even be a rounding error.
Given the fact that you had an entire Treasury IT team resign who ran the big check writing machine in the sky . . . resigned because DOGE wanted to look in to see what the big check writing machine the sky was up to . . . that's more than enough information a thinking person needs to know in order to have thoughts of rampant fraud.
The USAID money laundering is a fascinating follow - Criminal cartels the world over stand in awe.
