Government Waste

Washington spent $6.75 trillion in fiscal 2024 while borrowing $1.8 trillion, and the result is a bureaucracy that grows faster than the economy it supposedly serves.

A fresh Government Accountability Office report documents billions in redundant federal programs. Congress responds with press releases instead of rescissions. Until lawmakers use the report to cut spending, the document is just more expensive wallpaper in the swamp.

The Defense Department just failed another comprehensive audit, proving that trillions in spending move through accounting systems too broken to track. Congress should freeze discretionary growth until the Pentagon can pass the same test every small business faces.

The Congressional Budget Office projects deficits exceeding $2 trillion for fiscal year 2026, with interest payments on the national debt consuming nearly 20 cents of every federal dollar. That is not a revenue problem. It is a spending addiction.

Federal spending has outrun revenue for two decades, with national debt exceeding $36 trillion and annual interest payments surpassing $1 trillion. The budget process rewards politicians who hide costs in emergency supplements and earmarks, leaving the bill for future taxpayers.

Federal spending is not a shortage of revenue problem. It is an honesty problem, built on duplicate programs, failed audits, and billions in improper payments that lawmakers refuse to fix.

Washington spends more than $6.7 trillion each year while borrowing nearly one-fifth of every dollar it outlays, and the result is a bureaucracy that rewards failure and punishes thrift. Real fiscal discipline means eliminating whole agencies, not trimming line items.

Congress treats the budget as a routine appropriations exercise, but the process has become a permission slip for permanent bureaucracy, sweetheart grants, and bookkeeping tricks that hide trillions in obligations. A real spending cut requires zero basing every program.

Federal interest payments now consume more tax revenue than the entire defense budget, yet Congress keeps passing emergency spending bills. The budget process is broken because politicians treat your wallet like an unlimited credit line.

A forthcoming GAO audit has identified about $4.2 billion in overlapping federal IT contracts across 14 agencies, with a public release scheduled for May 6 and an OMB freeze directive expected by May 8, according to three sources familiar with the report.