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Yet these exercises in selective memory are far less puzzling than the current outrage over Elon and his DOGE employees. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that Democrats are having apoplexy over 20 something year old code savants using AI to uncover improper or unjustifiable expenditures, rather than the acknowledged fact that in the past 20 years our government has payed out 2.7 TRILLION dollars in improper payments!!! Oh, and that phrase, improper payments, comes from the GAO, not me.
Yet these exercises in selective memory are far less puzzling than the current outrage over Elon and his DOGE employees. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that Democrats are having apoplexy over 20 something year old code savants using AI to uncover improper or unjustifiable expenditures, rather than the acknowledged fact that in the past 20 years our government has payed out 2.7 TRILLION dollars in improper payments!!! Oh, and that phrase, improper payments, comes from the GAO, not me.
If he was in a vetted position, say Sec of Treasury, and they had the required clearances.
From linked article: "According to legal experts, Musk and Trump’s actions are putting federal employees in a lose-lose situation. Trump’s executive order creating DOGE only gave Musk access to unclassified federal systems. Under Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002, it is a Class E felony carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for federal employees who have taken the oath of office to “willfully” disclose such information to any person or agency not entitled to receive it. "
2.7 trillion. There were 236 billion in "improper payments," in fiscal 2023 alone!
Yes, those numbers are bad. But it is a reasonable position to be outraged that laws are being flaunted and federal employees sacked for attempting to follow the law, such as only allowing access to people cleared for it by someone with authority to do so, instead of the head of an advisory board.
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This message last edited by Floffe on 06/02/2025 at 11:46:48 AM
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- 05/02/2025 04:14:49 PM
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I don't have any outrage
- 05/02/2025 07:39:05 PM
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Re: I don't have any outrage
- 05/02/2025 07:51:32 PM
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That report is rather interesting...
- 05/02/2025 10:17:58 PM
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Re: That report is rather interesting...
- 06/02/2025 12:36:24 AM
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The condoms story is fake - and quite unrelated to the improper payments issue anyway.
- 05/02/2025 10:42:13 PM
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Noone would be outraged about Elon and his boys...
- 06/02/2025 05:10:47 AM
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None of those alleged savants have any clearance for what they are accessing.
- 06/02/2025 07:25:47 AM
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Re: None of those alleged savants have any clearance for what they are accessing.
- 06/02/2025 03:19:54 PM
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I'd take "voting in new Congress members" over "give database access to 19-year-old 'Big Balls.'"
- 07/02/2025 10:14:02 AM
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I'd take "voting in new Congress members" over "give database access to 19-year-old 'Big Balls.'"
- 07/02/2025 02:51:17 PM
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You're arguing that the ends justify the means (even if it's illegal)?
- 08/02/2025 02:08:16 AM
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Re: You're arguing that the ends justify the means (even if it's illegal)?
- 08/02/2025 02:20:16 PM
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