Shut the Spending Machine down! PLEASE!

Ok. I just didn’t think the POTUS salary was correct. I did some searching and found that his retirement salary is close to half of his full salary while being POTUS.

Double dipping Joe Biden is due to the **two separate federal pensions programs that President Joe Biden is eligible for, he stands to collect taxpayer-funded retirement benefits worth a whopping $413,000 following the end of his tenure.
$246,400 plus $166,374. $412,774, before any 2025 adjustment of the presidential pension .

$1,008,313,329,626.12,” Paul wrote in the report. “That’s over $1 trillion in government waste, including things like ice-skating drag queens, a $12 million Las Vegas pickleball complex, $4,840,082 on Ukrainian influencers, and more!. (HHS) spending $419,470 to determine if lonely rats seek cocaine more than happy rats, $3 million on “girl-centered climate action” in Brazil, $288,563 to create safe spaces for bird watching groups, and $123,066 to teach youths in Kyrgyzstan how to “go viral.” The DOI also spent $720,479 on wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Bearded Ladies Cabaret a $10,000 grant to support a cabaret show on ice skates focused on climate change, according to the report. The NEA also spent $365,000 to promote circuses in city parks, The State Department also sent $253,653 to Bosnia to fight “misinformation,” spent $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security.
The National Science Foundation spent $288,563 to ensure bird watching groups have safe spaces, also known as “Affinity Groups,”

“We say it’s a clean CR and the reality is, it’s not clean,” the Tennessee Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “I feel like we really just missed the boat on the whole thing. It was a golden opportunity to hand President [-elect Donald] Trump something worthwhile.”

Passing continuing resolutions, meanwhile, is a continuation of the “bad spending policies” from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said Burchett. This is COVID-era spending levels that we’re doing, and nobody can name me one program or project or anything that the federal government has added to our backs since COVID that is a success,"

Congress also passed "another bloated National Defense Authorization Act with another $9 billion additional dollars, so I’m sure they’ll spend it. They’re talking about cutting $2 trillion. But, you know, we [add] $1 trillion every hundred days. So we need to dig a little deeper than that

I’m sure the unhappy rats will be glad to hear their cocaine supply is being restocked

Ghost Towns on the Government’s Dime: The federal government spent $10 billion on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing almost entirely empty buildings

A Pandemic Plunder: A Florida man stole $8 million in COVID-19 Relief funds to buy an island and more

Your Tax Dollars at Play: The Department of the Interior (DOI) spent $12 Million on a Las Vegas Pickleball Complex

Taxpayers Fund a Disinformation Index: The Department of State (DOS) wasted $330,000 to fund censorship of nonliberal and conservative media

Snack Attack: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $2 million grant to study kids looking at Facebook ads about food

Taxpayers Dollars Down the Drain in Nevis: The Department of State (DOS) spent $108,272 on a non-functioning hotel

Direct File Fail: Congress spent $15 million to turn the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) into an unconstitutional force to prepare, file, and audit your hard-earned money

Oh Rats! HHS Spends Nearly Half a Million on a Depressing Study of Lonely, Starved Rats: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spent $419,470 to determine if lonely rats seek cocaine more than happy rats

Hold on to Your Steering Wheels: The Department of Energy (DOE) spent $15.5 billion to push Americans toward electric vehicles they don’t want

The Influencer Effect Hits Foreign Policy: The Department of State (DOS) squandered $4,840,082 on influencers

Cirque du Taxpayer: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) spent $365,000 to promote circuses in city parks

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: The Department of State (DOS) spent $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil

A State Department Production Featuring Your Hard-Earned Money: The Department of State (DOS) paid the Royal

Film Commission $873,584 for movies in Jordan Goalposts and Grandstanding: The Department of State (DOS) spent $345,434 on football engagement to counter terrorism

When Bailouts Go Bust: The United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) granted a failed trucking company a $700 million pandemic-era loan

Flocking Together! DEI Takes Flight: The National Science Foundation (NSF) spent $288,563 to ensure bird watching groups have safe spaces aka “Affinity Groups”

Interestingly Wasteful: Americans are paying $892 billion in fiscal year 2024 on the interest on Uncle Sam’s Credit Card

Hashtag to Handouts in Ethiopia: The Department of State (DOS) spent $500,000 to expand the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia’s #USInvestsInEthiopians social media campaign to a larger national public relations campaign

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, There Goes Your Tax Dollars Too! The federal government spent $7,026,689 on various magical projects

Because Who Needs a Secure U.S. Border, Anyway? The Department of State (DOS) spent $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security

The High Price of High Line Art: Since 2015 the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded $385,000 for art displays on the High Line

Money to Manure: The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is spending $20 million on the Fertilize Right Initiative to advance fertilizer use in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil

Fauci Funded Feline COVID Experiments: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent $2.24 million on COVID experiments

Going Viral for World Peace: The Department of State (DOS) is spending $123,066 to teach Kyrgyzstan youth how to go viral

Spinning Kittens for Science and Motion Sickness: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $1,513,299 on a study of waste and cruelty

Cat-Stipated?: The Department of Defense (DOD) spent $10,851,439 on Orwellian cat experiments

More Ducking Waste in Mexico: The Department of the Interior (DOI) spent $720,479 on wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico

Big Bird Goes to Baghdad: The Agency for International Development (USAID) is spending $20 million on “Ahlan Simsim” a new Sesame Street show in Iraq

News We Wish Was Fake: The Department of State (DOS) sent $253,653 to Bosnia to fight “misinformation”

Abandon Ship: The Navy Sinks Billions on LCS Vessels: The U.S. Navy is set to waste almost $90 billion on ineffective Navy vessels

Dragging Tax Dollars onto Thin Ice: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Bearded Ladies Cabaret a $10,000 grant to support a cabaret show on ice skates focused on climate change

Taxpayers Get Spun: The Department of State (DOS) allocated $32,596.12 for breakdancing

A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.

Let’s cheer to hold the government as accountable about spending as they make the American citizen.

This will end in 4 weeks… at least that’s what our new DOGE is supposed to do. I’ll belive it when it actually happens. Unrtil then… it’s just a bunch talk… as usual.

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I know one thing under Trump it will NOT get worst . The dems are spending like drunken women at a 80% off sale . We ID the waste and that’s 70% of the work .

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The problem is Republicans are also politicians. Talk is great. Actually doing something is a different animal. I’m sure there are a number of Republican politicians that get kickbacks/payouts from this shit. Politicians suck… Republicans just suck less… and talk tough.

Without a doubt . Lobbyist have corrupted many congressmen and senators for years and years .

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