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Not a false premise if they would bust a private citizen for faulty records keeping. Say on the record what the money is for. All that congress letting it continue means is that either they are in on the fraud or don’t care.

Liberty Farmer 10mo ago

It is though. Congress appropriated money to USAID they is designated for things like 'cultural improvement in Yemen'. Or any other of the hundreds program designated. With this budget, the agency directors, managers and staffers make the decision as to how to spend those monies. Perhaps they think sex changes are the way, or basket weaving classes, or giving rebels guns.

My company and/or job makes money, it gives me a check. The IRS has no say on how that money is spent by my family. Now, if I got a govt grant that was for A, and spent on B, that's different.

Right now, we have the word of an Billionaire Autist. Nothing more. USASoending has been a thing for a decade to track things like this, why is it only now they are 'outraged'? Odd.

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Jacob Drafts 10mo ago

It’s fraud. Just like the book deals politicians get after they get out of office are bribes. Even if the people that are paying the bribe have to buy every copy of the book and put them in a warehouse somewhere or burn them. I’ll take your point about congress and say if Congress allocated money for the purposes of bribing someone overseas under the pretense of using it for something else that just means they’re in on the fraud.

Liberty Farmer 10mo ago

I don't understand what's fraudulent about it? By definition, it cannot be fraud. The constitution does not dictate or spell out in any way what kinds of spending Congress can make.

So how is it fraud? It's all out in the open. Go read the last omnibus bill. Read through usapending.gov.

Congress allowing and allocating/giving the ok for the Pentagon to buy 20k toilets doesn't make it fraud.

The allocations and spending is absolutely insane. No question and I hope it ends. But I don't see how it can be fraud.

Jacob Drafts 10mo ago

It’s fraud if the stated allocation is a cover up for something else. Or even just overpaying on line item A because funding for line item B from the same company is approved at a level lower than the people buying line item B were hoping for.

Jacob Drafts 10mo ago

Kind of like the idea that care for veterans especially veterans wounded in war isn’t counted as defense spending.

Sandor Clegane 10mo ago

Wasting your breath, people will excuse the type similar to what they would use or are benefiting from elsewhere or wish to use in future...

Sandor Clegane 10mo ago

All kinds of mental gymnastics will ensue to avoid it.

Sandor Clegane 10mo ago

Humans are a shit species.

Sandor Clegane 10mo ago

Anything bigger than a clan is going to always end the same way...

Jacob Drafts 10mo ago

Article 1 section 9 clause 7 of the US Constitution. Lying about what the money is used for in the books is defrauding the taxpayers.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-9/