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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Rand Paul Warns Musk & Ramaswamy About The Swamp's Upcoming DOGE Dodge

By Tyler Durden
Dec 08.24

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) warned Department of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy that Senate Republicans are moving to allow the Department of Defense, which has failed seven audits in a row, to exceed its spending limits. The Kentucky Republican highlighted the issue this week on Fox News’s 'The Ingraham Angle.’

LAURA INGRAHAM: I know you have been constantly focused on this, and you have been with Vivek this week. What ideas have you given him because he is looking to you for ideas, other than, of course, as we were saying, getting the federal workers.

SEN. RAND PAUL: One of my favorite examples of federal workers not showing up is from a few years ago. We had an assistant to the head of the EPA, and he told his boss that he also worked for the CIA. He said he would be gone for six months at a time. Finally, during a government shutdown, someone said, "Hey, Mr. Smith, we understand this guy works for you. We haven’t seen him in six months." They replied, "Who?" They had never heard of the guy.

The man completely made up a story about working for the CIA, and for nearly a decade, millions of dollars were paid to him while he didn’t show up. He’d be lounging around saying, "I’m on a secret mission to the Middle East, can’t talk." That kind of stuff runs rampant throughout government.

Review all spending

“If you put the military off the table and entitlements off the table, you’re left with only 16% of the budget. Even if you eliminate that, you don’t get anywhere close to balancing the budget. So, while I’m for eliminating waste, I’m also for reviewing all spending.” Laura Ingraham. Continue at https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rand-paul-warns-musk-ramaswamy-about-swamps-next-outrageous-spending-spree

Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act

The Defense Appropriations Act provides a total discretionary allocation of $833.053 billion, which is $8.57 billion (1%) above the Fiscal Year 2024 level and consistent with the limit set in law by the Fiscal Responsibility Act. https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-approves-fy25-defense-appropriations-act

DOGE Challenge

“You are taking the trough away from all the pigs, and they are not going to have anything to eat. They are going to fight for their very lives.” Martin Armstrong.

By Jeff Dill
Dec 12.24

The $2 trillion in annual waste, fraud, and abuse they seek to eliminate does not simply evaporate into thin air each year. Rather, it is a river of money that flows into millions of pockets: big and small; Democrat and Republican; public and private; legal and illegal; foreign and domestic. The money river is riddled with twists and turns, dead ends and back-channels, which can make it difficult or impossible to trace, let alone control, even with an army of accountants.

Abstract spending cuts are widely supported in theory, but when they become specific, everything changes, and the pigs begin to squeal. The recipients of this largesse will not give up their grift without a fight. They will resort to literally any means to keep the gravy train rolling. We will see massive public wailing and gnashing of teeth over “essential” programs being cut or eliminated. This will come from well-organized pressure groups on both the right and the left, with full media support. We can also expect to see court challenges contesting every cut, which are in fact already being written.

But the real action will be behind the scenes and directed at individual senators, congressmen, judges, and other officials. Intense pressure will be brought to bear. Officials will be offered bribes (if they are not bought already through campaign contributions). Those that cannot be bought will be blackmailed, and those that cannot be blackmailed will be publicly smeared with lies. This will not be widely reported by the corporate media, but do not underestimate the lengths to which the grifters will go. Trillions of dollars are at stake. https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/doge-challenges/

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