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Silent Drain: an Ignored Emergency $TRILLIONs worth of #taxpayers' money is being WASTED, while our leaders PRETENT TO NOT SEE. A veteran government auditor once told me he’d be shocked if **more than $0.15 of every taxpayer $dollar is spent for its intended purpose** The remaining $0.85, he said, is LOST to bureaucratic inefficiency, duplicative programs, WEAK oversight, political FAVORITISM, or outright FRAUD. This isn’t conspiracy or exaggeration. It’s a pattern documented for DECADES by the Government Accountability Office (#GAO), inspectors general, congressional watchdogs and analysts. By late 2025, #DOGE’s centralized high-profile phase diminished. **Some declared it “dissolved” and took a victory lap** However, efficiency principles, Vice President-led initiatives, and ongoing work continue. Even if DOGE fell victim to a campaign to HALT its work, the fact that the effort was so high-profile and successful for a time stands in sharp contrast to decades of indifference. **DOGE managed to force the issue into the spotlight for the first time at scale**, provoking exactly the resistance expected when threatening entrenched [CORRUPTION] streams. Few elected officials have made waste, fraud, and abuse their defining mission. But one who did was the late Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma. He reported, for example, that the #Pentagon spent $1 BILLION to DESTROY $16 BILLION in unneeded #ammunition - **rather than repurpose or sell it** Americans deserve leaders who prioritize stewardship over patronage. Savings, accountability, and reduced debt and deficit are the reward. Decades of indifference have cost us $TRILLIONs. Today, **low-hanging fruit of waste, fraud, and abuse hangs ripe, accessible, and rotting** Sharyl Attkisson Jun 12 2026 https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/silent-drain-an-ignored-emergency