Budget

Surprise. Polls show that the majority of Americans want to cut waste, fraud and abuse from the spending. The budget is $6,700 billion but if someone proposed to cut one million the news would be filled with anyone who would have to get by with less because of the cut. If the proposal is to cut discretionary spending by one billion that is OK but if it means cutting some specific benefit then the press would have that all over the news. The budget is so large that it is almost impossible to keep track of what is going on. Broward County, Fl spent $140 million in Covid relief funds to construct a luxury hotel. This is not allowed so the money was transferred to the county's general fund to cover lost tax revenue. The money was then moved from the general fund to finance the hotel. If this kind of stuff is going on around the country it becomes very difficult to police.