Comment by JohnMakin 3 days ago
So, where is your evidence that fraud of such scale is happening in the federal budget that requires unprecedented (and likely extremely illegal) access by people who are not qualified to be running a gas station IT system, let alone the entire financial and IT backend of the federal government? This is such a dishonest discussion and I suspect you types know it.
> Fraud has already been posted everywhere ($55b and counting) so if you haven't seen it, you aren't looking.
Not too surprising to find another propaganda victim…
Here, I did your research for you:
> After correcting an apparent clerical error, it now shows $8.5 billion.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates...
Frivolous spending != fraud.
Please read commenting guidelines at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Maybe there is no difference, but I think honest framing matters.
> "Fraud has already been posted everywhere ($55b and counting)"
I'm looking for some evidence to support your $55 billion fraud claim, not just $55 billion in waste. If it's been "posted everywhere", please link to it!
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