{"id":2123061,"date":"2023-12-12T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-gop-senator-unveils-naughty-list-of-federal-agencies-wasting-american-tax-dollars\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T21:54:16","slug":"icymi-gop-senator-unveils-naughty-list-of-federal-agencies-wasting-american-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-gop-senator-unveils-naughty-list-of-federal-agencies-wasting-american-tax-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator reveals &#8216;Naughty List&#8217; of wasteful federal agencies squandering American tax dollars. #ICYMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficymi-gop-senator-unveils-naughty-list-of-federal-agencies-wasting-american-tax-dollars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2123061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Government Waste: A Costly Problem<\/h2>\n<p>Our \u2063U.S. government wastes a lot of\u200b money. It is money that we taxpayers worked hard for and could use ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>I conclude this because according to \u200bthe \u2064Government Accountability Office, as cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/18\/heres-how-the-federal-government-wastes-tax-money.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>, improper payments cost the U.S.\u200d government at least $247 billion each \u2063year. That\u2019s a huge chunk of change\u2064 to misappropriate. Anyone who really cared about the \u200bpeople or that money wouldn\u2019t allow this \u2063to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The GAO estimates $2.4 trillion\u200c have\u200b gone missing over the past two \u2062decades. The slap in\u200c the face continues as oversight reports from nonprofits and lawmakers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rand-paul-warns-obscure-1940s-law-gives-president-internet-kill-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senator Rand Paul<\/a>, a Republican from Kentucky, unravel more wasteful practices.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Festivus-23-clean-12.22-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festivus Report<\/a> from 2022 highlighted plenty of wasteful spending. This includes\u200c $3 million spent\u2063 by the National Institute of Health on a study where they watched hamsters fight while injected with steroids\u2063 and $1.7 billion\u2062 spent on maintaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairman-slams-biden-administration-for-federal-work-return-policy-not-good-enough\/\" title=\"GOP chairman criticizes Biden administration's federal work return policy as inadequate.\">empty government buildings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rand isn\u2019t the only \u2063one highlighting how irresponsible the U.S. government is with taxpayer money. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joni-ernst-bestows-wasteful-government-spending-award-department-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senator Joni \u200cErnst<\/a>, a Republican from Iowa and \u2062Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee since 2023, has recently shared a \u201cnaughty list\u201d that she put together \u2064corroborating Rand\u2019s disgust regarding \u2063the continued \u200cfunding of empty government buildings. Ernst called Biden\u2019s bureaucrats out.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference\u2062 on \u200cDec. 5, Ernst showed the American people what percentage of office \u200bspace is being used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a>. Ernst explained\u200b that, during COVID, many federal agencies temporarily shut down their offices and allowed their employees to work from home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The panic over COVID, however, has \u200clong been over. Ernst\u200c stated, \u201cCOVID\u2019s been over for years. Where are the workers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the federal employees within these agencies continue to remain \u2062at home. Ernst recognizes this and stated, \u201cBut today, not a single agency has an occupancy rate of even\u200b 50 percent. That\u2019s abysmal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernst stated \u2063the Biden administration doesn\u2019t want \u2063taxpayers to know\u2062 any \u200cof \u2062this nor which \u2062agencies \u2064are on\u2063 her\u2062 naughty list. She said, \u201cThe Biden administration really doesn\u2019t want the public to see the\u200d naughty list of no-shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That,\u2064 alone, hasn\u2019t\u200d stopped her\u200b from uncovering the truth for the American people. I gather it actually fueled her even more to do her job in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a list it is. \u201cThis is information we did get through a request with the Biden administration,\u201d Ernst pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the list of \u201cNaughty List No Shows,\u201d\u2063 based on the square footage currently being \u2063used\u2064 by each individual agency is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They \u200cuse only \u200c7 percent of their office\u2063 space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one\u2019s home at HUD,\u201d Ernst remarked. It\u2019s a reality laden with enormous expense and waste.<\/p>\n<p>Equally so\u2064 is \u2063the meager\u200d amount of office space being\u2063 used by the Social Security Administration, which is also\u200b 7 percent. The lack of accountability reminds me of the billions we\u2019ve given to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-complains-speaker-johnson-money-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help\u200b but imagine where\u200c some \u2064of those funds have actually gone with no real oversight there, \u2062and the same goes for this particular situation. It ignites a subsequent question of bloat beyond \u2062the mere D.C. buildings\u2063 alone. Maybe\u2063 we actually only need a HUD team that occupies 7 percent of the building to\u200b carry on operations.<\/p>\n<p>In questioning where all the workers are, Ernst suggested the sale of the buildings if these agencies\u200d don\u2019t intend to bring their\u200c employees back to work in them. \u201cSo if we are not going to bring workers back, folks, \u200blet\u2019s \u200dget rid of\u2064 this space. It\u2019s costing our taxpayers \u2063a lot \u2062of money,\u201d Ernst said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse it or lose it,\u201d is what Ernst stated in her new proposal. No doubt, Paul is on her \u200cside.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I must believe that the American people are tired\u200c of being taken to the cleaners by\u200c their\u200d own government. \u2062The \u2062policing by the citizens has \u2064become exhausting. It \u200cdemonstrates how very few of our representatives are working in \u200cour best interest and drives us to believe \u2063that we need to gut more than these buildings.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidenomics-much-extra-cash-americans-need-today-just-afford-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bidenomics<\/a> \u200cwhich is costing the average family\u2063 an extra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.analyzingamerica.org\/2023\/11\/714784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$11,400<\/a> annually to afford the basics. We need to \u2063shed worthless\u2062 expenses, beginning at the top, as Biden is not \u2062only worthless, in my opinion, he\u2019s costing us our entire country to boot.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post\u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icymi-gop-senator-unveils-naughty-list-federal-agencies-wasting-american-tax-dollars\/\">ICYMI: \u2063GOP Senator Unveils &#8216;Naughty List&#8217;\u2064 of Federal Agencies Wasting American Tax Dollars<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How much money was \u2063wasted on\u200d unnecessary\u200d duplication of government programs, and what impact does this have on efficiency and fiscal responsibility?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \/>, with no guarantee that it will be used wisely or for its intended purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The wasteful spending\u2062 doesn\u2019t stop there. The Festivus Report also highlighted \u2062$2.6 billion\u2063 \u2064spent on advertising by the Department of \u200cDefense\u200d in\u2064 an attempt to recruit new soldiers. This exorbitant amount of money could have been better utilized \u2063in\u200b improving the equipment and\u200d resources available\u200c to our current military\u2064 personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u2062the \u2062report uncovered $4.5 billion\u2064 spent on \u2062unnecessary duplication of government programs. This demonstrates a blatant disregard for \u2064efficiency and\u200b fiscal responsibility, as well\u200b as a \u200ddisregard for the\u2063 hardworking taxpayers who foot\u200c the bill \u2064for these duplicative programs.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences of\u2063 government waste are far-reaching. It not only drains the financial resources of the \u2062country but\u200b also erodes the trust\u200c and confidence that citizens have in \u2062their\u2062 government. When taxpayers see their\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-being-spewed-in-the-name-of-patriotism-wapo-opinion-attacks-anthem-before-games-2\/\" title=\"\u2018Hate Being Spewed In The Name Of Patriotism\u2019: WaPo Opinion Attacks Anthem Before Games\">hard-earned money<\/a>\u2063 being squandered on\u200d frivolous\u2064 or ineffective \u2063initiatives, it breeds cynicism and a feeling of\u200b helplessness.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, government waste \u200dundermines the effectiveness and efficiency of public services. When funds are \u200dmisappropriated or mismanaged, it hampers the government&#8217;s ability to fulfill its responsibilities and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/low-morale-from-seattle-police-department-harms-public-safety-mayor-announces-2-million-recruitment-plan\/\" title=\"\u2018Low Morale\u2019 From Seattle Police Department Harms Public Safety, Mayor Announces  Million Recruitment Plan\">deliver essential services<\/a> to its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing \u2063government waste requires a multifaceted\u2064 approach. It starts with rigorous\u200d oversight and\u2062 accountability measures. Lawmakers should enact legislation that promotes \u2064transparency and requires \u2064regular audits of\u2064 government spending. Additionally, there\u200c should \u200bbe consequences for those who fail to \u2064adequately manage taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, there needs to be a \u200dcultural shift within government agencies and \u2063departments. The focus should\u2062 be on responsible and efficient allocation of resources, rather than on spending \u200dfor the sake of \u2062spending. This can be achieved through \u200cimproved training and education for\u200d government employees, as \u2064well as \u200dthe implementation of performance metrics and evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, government waste is a costly problem\u2062 that demands attention and action. The \u200bbillions of dollars wasted \u2063each \u200dyear\u2062 represent a betrayal of the hardworking taxpayers who contribute to the government&#8217;s coffers. It is imperative that lawmakers, government\u2062 officials, and citizens come \u200btogether to hold\u200b the government accountable for its spending and work towards a more responsible and efficient use of \u2062taxpayer funds.\u2064 Only \u2062through these concerted efforts\u2062 can we mitigate the detrimental effects of government waste and ensure a\u2064 bright\u200c and prosperous \u200bfuture for our nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government squanders taxpayer money, which we could utilize ourselves. The Government Accountability Office, cited by CNBC, reveals that improper payments cost at least $247 billion annually. 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