From a liberal to conservatives: why don't we audit government spending? (Representatives, drugs)

[TheHurricaneKid]

I get it. Conservatives want defense, old people want their medicare, and everyone else wants their piece of the tax revenue pie.

So why don't we dig deep and audit the entire government of the United States?

Find out just how much we have of fraud, marked up favors to contractors, bridges to nowhere, and unnecessary luxuries being used by crooks.

I'm sure there is enough wasteful spending in a decade to pay for the audit and much more.

[TheHurricaneKid]

I guess nobody care about partisan solutions, do they?

[bUU]

RWNJs don't want to consider the need for each bit of spending: They want simply to have a rationalization for doing away with spending regardless of whether it satisfies a worthy need. They don't want to consider whether those receiving public assistance are good people doing the best our society allows them to do, but rather want to be able to assume with impunity that everyone receiving public assistance is a slacker, miscreant, or otherwise worthy of their derision, their marginalization, and their callous disregard. They don't want to look in the eye of those who are adversely affected by the right-wing's egoistic veneration of avarice, but rather want to foster the comfort and luxury of some without heeding how their partisan preference promulgates economic injustice.

[xray731]

I don't think it's just the conservatives but all politicians. I think everyone knows there is fraud in the gov't programs - from the $20,000 hammer to the selling of food stamps to buy drugs. No one wants their projects audited because they don't want the other side saying I told you so. Instead of each party working for the good of the American people and the survival of this country by tightening up the cracks in all of the programs, they'd rather continue the school yard bullying and name calling.

The gov't is a business and should be run like one - but we have primarily lawyers turned politicians continually baiting each other to score points with the people like it's all one big game instead of people's lives.

It's time Americans tell the gov't - we are holding you accountable but few are. Instead, the majority of people follow party lines believing their messiah of that party.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

I get it. Conservatives want defense, old people want their medicare, and everyone else wants their piece of the tax revenue pie.

So why don't we dig deep and audit the entire government of the United States?

Find out just how much we have of fraud, marked up favors to contractors, bridges to nowhere, and unnecessary luxuries being used by crooks.

I'm sure there is enough wasteful spending in a decade to pay for the audit and much more.

When did you become liberal?

[Frank DeForrest]

Better to eliminate as much government as possible. Auditing wont get rid of the control and influence it has over our lives.

[Goinback2011]

The Dems would have just the crook to run the auditing office.

Then that crook would steal 90 percent of the money allocated to auditing.

I think the rule of thumb you can use, is, most of the money is being stolen.

And you got that for free.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by bUU

RWNJs don't want to consider the need for each bit of spending: They want simply to have a rationalization for doing away with spending regardless of whether it satisfies a worthy need. They don't want to consider whether those receiving public assistance are good people doing the best our society allows them to do, but rather want to be able to assume with impunity that everyone receiving public assistance is a slacker, miscreant, or otherwise worthy of their derision, their marginalization, and their callous disregard. They don't want to look in the eye of those who are adversely affected by the right-wing's egoistic veneration of avarice, but rather want to foster the comfort and luxury of some without heeding how their partisan preference promulgates economic injustice.

you don't know what you are talking about.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

I get it. Conservatives want defense, old people want their medicare, and everyone else wants their piece of the tax revenue pie.

So why don't we dig deep and audit the entire government of the United States?

Find out just how much we have of fraud, marked up favors to contractors, bridges to nowhere, and unnecessary luxuries being used by crooks.

I'm sure there is enough wasteful spending in a decade to pay for the audit and much more.

Do you ever read Sen. Tom Coburns's books he publishes EVERY year documenting wasteful programs.

Why don't you get YOUR representatives to act on them?

[bUU]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

you don't know what you are talking about.

Rather, I apparently struck a nerve to motivate you to reply, and for some reason you didn't actually refute what I wrote. I suspect it is because you knew that there was no way to tie-back your support for right-wing avarice to anything meritorious or otherwise worthy.