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I had hopes Lemmy would be at least able to look at absolute polar opposite points of view, and as much as they may grate or cause irritation, see the humanity in these differing opinions.
That aside, and please correct me in as civil way as possible, all I see is the auditing of the governments books, an accounting practice that every business should undertake. To date I see that its clearly obvious, as in the billions found thus far, that there is a clearly mismanagement of funds.
Why does this upset so many people?
Because it's not accounting, it's systematic gutting of bodies that prevent them or their friends doing things.
"Auditing" an entity doesn't usually involve shutting down said entity indefinitely pending the audit which never comes, while the "auditor" makes copies of every bit of data you have for later abuse.
Thank goodness too since the IRS tends to audit non-wealthy people far more often than wealthy people. Imagine freezing some poor working person's bank accounts because they were randomly chosen for an audit and some sort of red flag came up.
I didn't realize you needed total access to the U.S. Treasury and other government computer systems in order to audit the books. Can you explain why that would be necessary?
Also, can you explain why IT people in their late teens and early twenties are the right people to audit anything?
Counter argument: there is always government funds used inefficiently, there is always accounting practices that can be improved upon, a government system with perfect efficiency or is completely free from economic corruption does not exist. This simple matter of fact is NOT a justification of giving an individual, who's not an elected governmental official and does not represent the interest of the nation and its people, the authority and power above the entire government, against the constitution.
https://futurism.com/state-department-contract-armored-teslas-on-hold
Am audit does not take two days and is performed by BigBalls.