Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

[Dos Equis]

USDA says it overpaid 10% of food stamp benefits in 2022 as program doubled from 2019
Government Accountability Office estimates improper payments governmentwide were $247 billion in fiscal 2022.
By Greg Piper
Updated: July 4, 2023
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/usda-says-it-overpaid-10-food-stamp-benefits-2022-program

[Primemuscle]

USDA says it overpaid 10% of food stamp benefits in 2022 as program doubled from 2019
Government Accountability Office estimates improper payments governmentwide were $247 billion in fiscal 2022.
By Greg Piper
Updated: July 4, 2023
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/usda-says-it-overpaid-10-food-stamp-benefits-2022-program

'The program has also doubled since 2019, reaching $113.9 billion from $55.6 billion. It now covers 41 million Americans with an average payment of $230 per month.'

Why did it double? Perhaps the pandemic had some impact. Do you suppose the burden of a rapid and hopefully temporary increase in caseload along with a shortage of employees was a reason? According to the article you linked, Alaska was the worst at overpayment with 57% and South Dakota the best at under 3%. In May 2020 Alaska reached a 12% unemployment rate whereas South Dakota's unemployment rate reached a high of 8% in April of that year.

[Dos Equis]

'The program has also doubled since 2019, reaching $113.9 billion from $55.6 billion. It now covers 41 million Americans with an average payment of $230 per month.'

Why did it double? Perhaps the pandemic had some impact. Do you suppose the burden of a rapid and hopefully temporary increase in caseload along with a shortage of employees was a reason? According to the article you linked, Alaska was the worst at overpayment with 57% and South Dakota the best at under 3%. In May 2020 Alaska reached a 12% unemployment rate whereas South Dakota's unemployment rate reached a high of 8% in April of that year.

So your focus is on why the program doubled instead of the gross overpayments.  Typical.

[Dos Equis]

PPP fraud is ‘worst in history’: $200B stolen and blown on Lamborghinis, beach houses and bling
By Jeanette Settembre
July 14, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/ppp-fraud-is-worst-in-history-200b-stolen-splurged-on-lamborghinis-and-bling/

[Dos Equis]

We’re paying billions in taxes for federal offices that are sitting mostly empty
I’ve seen this firsthand.
Brad Polumbo
July 31, 2023
https://www.based-politics.com/2023/07/31/were-paying-billions-in-taxes-for-federal-offices-that-are-sitting-mostly-empty/

[Dos Equis]

Rep. Adam Schiff earmarked more than $10 million to his defense contractor donors
Pay to play? “If you’re getting a campaign contribution and getting your earmark for that same company or for a client of that lobbyist, it has that perception” says Taxpayers of Common Sense.
By Arjun Singh and The Daily Caller News Foundation
September 26, 2023
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/dcrep-adam-schiff-earmarked-more-10-million-his-defense-contractor?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=offthepress&utm_campaign=home

[jude2]

Rep. Adam Schiff earmarked more than $10 million to his defense contractor donors
Pay to play? “If you’re getting a campaign contribution and getting your earmark for that same company or for a client of that lobbyist, it has that perception” says Taxpayers of Common Sense.
By Arjun Singh and The Daily Caller News Foundation
September 26, 2023
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/dcrep-adam-schiff-earmarked-more-10-million-his-defense-contractor?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=offthepress&utm_campaign=home

Pencil neck Schiff is one of the worst.

[Dos Equis]

How does someone with her government salary amass this kind of wealth?

Senator Dianne Feinstein's death leaves her daughters wrangling over breathtaking $102MILLION property fortune and $62M private jet she used to visit her mansions
Feinstein's portfolio is estimated to be worth upwards of $160 million
Much of her wealth stems from her billionaire second husband Richard Blum
The late senator's children are reportedly warring over the fortune
By WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
UPDATED: 2 October 2023

Dianne Feinstein's daughter and three stepdaughters are set to inherit the late senator's $102 million property portfolio, as well as her $62 million private jet.

The California congresswoman, who died in DC Friday aged 90, leaves behind an Italianite mansion with stunning views of San Francisco Bay that's worth $21 million.

Democrat Feinstein - whose vast wealth raised eyebrows - died in a Washington DC mansion she owned that's worth $7.4 million.

She also owned a $5 million Hawaii duplex, $7.5 million beach house in Marin County, California and a $62 million Gulfstream G650 jet she used to shuttle between her property empire.

Feinstein's already-vast coffers were further swelled by the sale of two other enviable homes in recent years - an Aspen ranch sold last year for $25 million, and a Lake Tahoe compound sold for $36 million.  She is also believed to have had around $70 million cash in the bank.

Much of her wealth has stemmed from her billionaire second husband Richard Blum, the financier and founder of investment firm Blum Capital Partners, who passed away in February 2022. Feinstein has one daughter, Katherine, as well as three stepdaughters with her late spouse.

But the portfolio, estimated to be worth upwards of $160 million, is now the subject of a tense argument between the couple's offspring, according to the New York Post.

. . . .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12578503/Dianne-feinstein-death-property-private-jet-fortune.html

[jude2]

The senate pay very well.

[Dos Equis]

IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
Among other things, grants infuse schools with gender ideology and sexual orientation topics, despite polls that show 70 percent of Americans don't want that.
IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
By Jackson Elliott
Updated:  10/9/2023
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide-5498747?utm_source=epochHG&utm_campaign=CFP&src_src=epochHG&src_cmp=CFP

[jude2]

IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
Among other things, grants infuse schools with gender ideology and sexual orientation topics, despite polls that show 70 percent of Americans don't want that.
IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
By Jackson Elliott
Updated:  10/9/2023
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide-5498747?utm_source=epochHG&utm_campaign=CFP&src_src=epochHG&src_cmp=CFP

Holy shit what a waste of our money

[Moontrane]

IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
Among other things, grants infuse schools with gender ideology and sexual orientation topics, despite polls that show 70 percent of Americans don't want that.
IN-DEPTH: US Gives More Than $4.1 Billion in Grants for LGBT and Transgender Initiatives Worldwide
By Jackson Elliott
Updated:  10/9/2023
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide-5498747?utm_source=epochHG&utm_campaign=CFP&src_src=epochHG&src_cmp=CFP

Promoting mental disorders, one letter of the alphabet at a time.

[Soul Crusher]

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/26/ghost-towns-federal-office-buildings-are-80-vacant/

[Primemuscle]

The senate pay very well.

I am not so sure about that. It is pretty much a thankless job.

[illuminati]

I am not so sure about that. It is pretty much a thankless job.

Pls don't be so deliberately stupid - Thats why so many spend their whole working
Life in there & beyond - it's that poorly paid - they're virtually destitute 

[Primemuscle]

Pls don't be so deliberately stupid - Thats why so many spend their whole working
Life in there & beyond - it's that poorly paid - they're virtually destitute 

Beyond their working life? How is that possible?

Politicians do not start out as U.S. Senators, who presently earn $174,000. Most people get into politics by getting elected to a local school board which pays zero dollars, a city or county councilor position or often as a page or clerk. For example, the mayor of West Linn is paid $6,400 per year and West Linn city councilors are paid $4,000 a year. These are 'entry level' elected positions many politicians start out in. Did you know that 30% of House Members, and 51% of Senators, have law degrees and have practiced law?

High wages are not what draws most folks into politics. Some even have more altruistic motives, at least when they first become politicians. Politicians have literally no job security beyond the length of their term of office. House members are elected for two-year terms, Senators for six-years. When their terms end, they must campaign to get reelected for another term. Any Senator or House representative who has held that office for many years has had to repeatedly work to stay in office.

Nope, it is not the big salary that attracts these folks. Would you run for public office given the above?
     

 

[illuminati]

Beyond their working life? How is that possible?

Politicians do not start out as U.S. Senators, who presently earn $174,000. Most people get into politics by getting elected to a local school board which pays zero dollars, a city or county councilor position or often as a page or clerk. For example, the mayor of West Linn is paid $6,400 per year and West Linn city councilors are paid $4,000 a year. These are 'entry level' elected positions many politicians start out in. Did you know that 30% of House Members, and 51% of Senators, have law degrees and have practiced law?

High wages are not what draws most folks into politics. Some even have more altruistic motives, at least when they first become politicians. Politicians have literally no job security beyond the length of their term of office. House members are elected for two-year terms, Senators for six-years. When their terms end, they must campaign to get reelected for another term. Any Senator or House representative who has held that office for many years has had to repeatedly work to stay in office.

Nope, it is not the big salary that attracts these folks. Would you run for public office given the above?
   

Sorry not reading that.

Yawn 🥱


HTH 

👊🏻

[jude2]

I am not so sure about that. It is pretty much a thankless job.

I was being sarcastic.  They don't make much but have millions afterwards.

[Dos Equis]

Beyond their working life? How is that possible?

Politicians do not start out as U.S. Senators, who presently earn $174,000. Most people get into politics by getting elected to a local school board which pays zero dollars, a city or county councilor position or often as a page or clerk. For example, the mayor of West Linn is paid $6,400 per year and West Linn city councilors are paid $4,000 a year. These are 'entry level' elected positions many politicians start out in. Did you know that 30% of House Members, and 51% of Senators, have law degrees and have practiced law?

High wages are not what draws most folks into politics. Some even have more altruistic motives, at least when they first become politicians. Politicians have literally no job security beyond the length of their term of office. House members are elected for two-year terms, Senators for six-years. When their terms end, they must campaign to get reelected for another term. Any Senator or House representative who has held that office for many years has had to repeatedly work to stay in office.

Nope, it is not the big salary that attracts these folks. Would you run for public office given the above?
   

I was being sarcastic.  They don't make much but have millions afterwards.

Exactly.  It's pretty naive to look at their salary and not their net worth as a result of holding public office.  Feinstein just died with $75M in cash in the bank, not counting her multiple properties or stock portfolio. 

[jude2]

Exactly.  It's pretty naive to look at their salary and not their net worth as a result of holding public office.  Feinstein just died with $75M in cash in the bank, not counting her multiple properties or stock portfolio.

And a 62 million dollar jet

[Dos Equis]

And a 62 million dollar jet

Yep.  We taxpayers made her a very wealthy woman.

[Dos Equis]

California Taxpayers Bankrolling Trans Surgery for Death Row Inmates
JAZZ SHAW  November 06, 2023
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/11/06/california-taxpayers-bankrolling-trans-surgery-for-death-row-inmates-n590319#google_vignette

[Soul Crusher]

California Taxpayers Bankrolling Trans Surgery for Death Row Inmates
JAZZ SHAW  November 06, 2023
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/11/06/california-taxpayers-bankrolling-trans-surgery-for-death-row-inmates-n590319#google_vignette

you have to be FNG kidding me!!! 

[Primemuscle]

Exactly.  It's pretty naive to look at their salary and not their net worth as a result of holding public office.  Feinstein just died with $75M in cash in the bank, not counting her multiple properties or stock portfolio.

Diane Feinstein did not begin life as a pauper. Wealth begets greater wealth. Diane's father Leon Goldman was a prominent surgeon. Diane grew up in the affluent San Francisco neighborhood of Presidio Terrace. She graduated from Stanford University in 1955. Her first husband, Jack Berman was a superior court judge in San Francisco, (no slouch). Her second husband, Bertram Feinstein graduated from Oxford University in England. He was a neurosurgeon. Richard Blum, Feinstein's third husband, was chairman of his own equity investment management firm, Blum Capital Partners, which had Bank of America as a client. His fortune was over $1 billion.

[deadz]

California Taxpayers Bankrolling Trans Surgery for Death Row Inmates
JAZZ SHAW  November 06, 2023
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/11/06/california-taxpayers-bankrolling-trans-surgery-for-death-row-inmates-n590319#google_vignette

Degenerate State.