You simply have got to be kidding me – These numbers are staggering to any thinking person and these are no where approaching the worst since there is no mention of anything associated with the military industrial complex. Even given that and the somewhat propaganda like examples it is curious that even knowing that the author saves this tidbit for last — Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. The Government Accountability Office estimates taxpayers are spending more than $137 billion annually on “payment errors,” which covers all manner of waste, fraud, and abuse within Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The feds could implement the same kind of fraud protections credit card companies used to ensure against abuse, but don’t. In fact, Congress has gone in the opposite direction, winding down the program intended to police fraud within Medicare, the so-called Recovery Audit...
