Current events thread perhaps?

[UberCougars]

I don’t think government officials should be stealing trillions of dollars.

You do, obviously.

We are different, you and me.

BTW, your friend here just confirmed the new HHS secretary will “not” be brought to you by Pfizer.

Again, why all this drama? Just confirm Trump’s team and be done with it.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

I don’t think government officials should be stealing trillions of dollars.

You do, obviously.

We are different, you and me.

BTW, your friend here just confirmed the new HHS secretary will “not” be brought to you by Pfizer.

Again, why all this drama? Just confirm Trump’s team and be done with it.

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What's fascinating is your inability to read what people say or type. I never said that government officials we should be okay stealing trillions of dollars. I said that it's good to be looking for corruption and dealing with it but it's also important to know the full context of the actual facts and quit interpreting life through headlines.

As an example of your inability to read, the article that you linked said that $2.7 trillion in fraudulent payments have been made in the past 22 years to people that the payments should not have gone to, much of it going overseas. There is nothing in there that says that it was "government officials" stealing the money. I have no doubt that there is serious Medicare and Medicaid fraud going on where criminals are filing fraudulent claims. I have no doubt that the system is flawed and exploitable and needs to be reviewed and fixed. I think it's complete bullsh!t to suggest that there is a widespread problem where government officials are knowingly involved in those payments and committing fraud. There's a lot of wasted spending in government and there are people who are taking advantage of the system, but nothing in the article (or articles linked in the article) suggest that it's government corruption that's the problem. Bureaucratic bloat is a problem and there are a lot of congressional earmarks that should be reviewed, but the implication of corruption at every turn is just lazy and stupid.

Take the time to read a bit before you post and look like a dumbass.

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Rabidly defending fraud is a good look for you! Keep it up!

Another headline:

Thomson Reuters, a Far-Left Propaganda Arm, Receives Funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for 'Active Social Engineering Defense Large-Scale Social Deception' — Elon Musk Responds | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Recent investigations reveal that Thomson Reuters, linked to the far-left, has received significant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for a controversial social engineering project, raising concerns about media manipulation.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

"The contract, identified as FA865018C7886, was awarded in 2018 with a value of approximately $9.1 million. You can view the contract details at USASpending.gov."

Refresh our memories - who was President in 2018?

 

[KRUSTYtheCOUG]

What's fascinating is your inability to read what people say or type. I never said that government officials we should be okay stealing trillions of dollars. I said that it's good to be looking for corruption and dealing with it but it's also important to know the full context of the actual facts and quit interpreting life through headlines.

As an example of your inability to read, the article that you linked said that $2.7 trillion in fraudulent payments have been made in the past 22 years to people that the payments should not have gone to, much of it going overseas. There is nothing in there that says that it was "government officials" stealing the money. I have no doubt that there is serious Medicare and Medicaid fraud going on where criminals are filing fraudulent claims. I have no doubt that the system is flawed and exploitable and needs to be reviewed and fixed. I think it's complete bullsh!t to suggest that there is a widespread problem where government officials are knowingly involved in those payments and committing fraud. There's a lot of wasted spending in government and there are people who are taking advantage of the system, but nothing in the article (or articles linked in the article) suggest that it's government corruption that's the problem. Bureaucratic bloat is a problem and there are a lot of congressional earmarks that should be reviewed, but the implication of corruption at every turn is just lazy and stupid.

Take the time to read a bit before you post and look like a dumbass.

He's a troll. Low information, bordering on sub-par intelligence...but a troll nonetheless.

Not interested in real back and forth discourse like stretch or dgib. Just posts to other deficient brains. Taihtsat

 

[KRUSTYtheCOUG]

Rabidly defending fraud is a good look for you! Keep it up!

Another headline:

Thomson Reuters, a Far-Left Propaganda Arm, Receives Funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for 'Active Social Engineering Defense Large-Scale Social Deception' — Elon Musk Responds | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Recent investigations reveal that Thomson Reuters, linked to the far-left, has received significant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for a controversial social engineering project, raising concerns about media manipulation.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

Not surprised you'd link to a source rated "VERY LOW" in credibility and factually based reporting by MediaBiasFactCheck that rates Reuters "VERY HIGH" in credible, fact-based reporting. AllSides also ranked Reuters as balanced and in the center of bias.

Your brain in not consuming intellectually or factual nutrition. It shows. Do you care? Taihtsat

 

[Loyal Coug1]

What's fascinating is your inability to read what people say or type. I never said that government officials we should be okay stealing trillions of dollars. I said that it's good to be looking for corruption and dealing with it but it's also important to know the full context of the actual facts and quit interpreting life through headlines.

As an example of your inability to read, the article that you linked said that $2.7 trillion in fraudulent payments have been made in the past 22 years to people that the payments should not have gone to, much of it going overseas. There is nothing in there that says that it was "government officials" stealing the money. I have no doubt that there is serious Medicare and Medicaid fraud going on where criminals are filing fraudulent claims. I have no doubt that the system is flawed and exploitable and needs to be reviewed and fixed. I think it's complete bullsh!t to suggest that there is a widespread problem where government officials are knowingly involved in those payments and committing fraud. There's a lot of wasted spending in government and there are people who are taking advantage of the system, but nothing in the article (or articles linked in the article) suggest that it's government corruption that's the problem. Bureaucratic bloat is a problem and there are a lot of congressional earmarks that should be reviewed, but the implication of corruption at every turn is just lazy and stupid.

Take the time to read a bit before you post and look like a dumbass.

Hey Flat - why do you keep feeding the Troll?

That said, the right-wing article itself on this $2.7T said this:
The subcommittee has found $2.7 trillion in improper and fraudulent government payments since forming their subcommittee.
This number came from a report late last year on government waste.

Ok, so let's go back to a September 10, 2024 release by the GAO which describes this "estimated" $2.7B total over the last 20 years.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107660

This news item also discusses GAO's recommendations to reduce improper or fraudulent payments - recommendations from 2022. But wait - MTG sez they "found" this $2.7T AFTER forming the DOGE subcommittee? So the snot-nosed DOGE kids looked at the GAO's own previously-published report and takes credit for "discovering" it?

This "news" is a pretty good primer on the lies and hysterical BS that we had better get used to. The federal governments own watchdog identified all this estimated improper/fraud, but now the new administration "finds" it and takes credit for it? And the stupid Trump F's read the Fox and X misinformation and lies and laps it up.