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Blackvegetable » 13 Apr 2025, 10:12 am » wrote: ↑

13 Apr 2025, 10:12 am

Error on that scale would never be tolerated in the private sector...

Even assuming 150 billion passes cursory scrutiny, AND is all "current", it represents a percentage of total federal spending so small you can't calculate it...not because the math is difficult, mind you.

At this scale, even the promised savings might not meet the cost of remediating the errors of the process....and it certainly doesn't meet the level of "waste" you would anticipate in any enterprise of its size.

Now tell everyone what you refuse to do as a result of me answering your question directly, and the first time.

Alright, fair’s fair—you actually answered. First time, directly, without a detour through sarcasm, strike-throughs, or 20 unrelated questions. That alone deserves a pause in the dodge count. To what does the forum owe this pleasure? I need to frame your reply, given it was your first time since 2017 that you did indeed answer a question the first time. 

Now, I still think you're brushing past some nuance here. Sure, $150B might be a small percentage in the context of the whole federal budget, but if it's legit and recurring, it’s not nothing either. Nobody said it was a miracle cure—it’s a drop, but in a bucket that leaks this much, drops add up. Kind of like your 75 dodges.It started off as only 1 since we kept score, but they add up after a while. 

 That said—you answered, I skip a dodge. But don’t get used to it. You're still riding high at 75+ unanswered questions. This was one clean play on a very messy scoreboard.
 Let's see if you can keep the streak alive—or if that was just a brief flash of coherence before we return to the regularly scheduled dodgefest.