US House Committee Oversight & Accountability and DOGE

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Talk about redundancy. 

 

As there is a war on fraud, waste and abuse in government spending being investigated by DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), there is already a group of folks who are supposed to be doing that work.

 

The US House Committee of Oversight and Accountability has the same responsibility.  A bipartisan body is split down the middle between doing their jobs and supporting DOGE. 

 

DOGE was stood up by POTUS OJ.  The quasi-agency is headed by the unelected, South African, Elon Musk. A billionaire who has conflicts of interest due to his government contracts.

 

POTUS OJ has given Musk the latitude to find $1 trillion dollars or more of fraud, waste and abuse.  In addition to eliminating programs, they're on a mission to shrink the federal government too.

 

The craziest part of this whole thing:

 

1) Congress gets paid in part to perform a similar function

2) Congress is responsible for the money that gets appropriated

3) No shortage of Inspector Generals (IG) throughout government who are responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse

4) POTUS OJ has fired IGs

5) Placing some federal workers on paid leave (DEI & USAID)  while ordering other employees back into the office

 

While DOGE has been tasked with making the government more efficient by eliminating fraud, waste and abuse, their mission is duplicative of what folks are already getting paid to do.

 

I believe whatever monies DOGE *finds* and deems being wasted will be redirected to enrich POTUS OJ's cronies.

 

Nevermind that they want to raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion dollars.  That means more spending not less.

 

Congress is letting it happen. Not only because the GOP has a majority. 

 

Both political parties are two sides of the same coin.  Watch their hands.  Follow the money.