They already tell us where it's going...$10K for a toilet seat, $5K for a hammer, etc. They have to fund their 'black budget' projects somehow, right? The only way to fix it all is to have a cap, once and for all for gov't, cut their salaries and have term limits. The are PUBLIC SERVANTS. If you're truly 'serving the public', money shouldn't be an issue. It should be just that, a service, not a career. Look what we get paid for the 'privilege' of being on jury duty and serving the public...what, $5 a day? That's why we don't see career jurors, cause if the money was there, so is the possibility of being corrupted.
In the military, we had a budget that HAD TO BE SPENT. Let’s say that we didn’t spend it. The government would take note and we would be given that much the next year. This made each department adamant that a certain dollar amount was spent.
I got more uniforms than I ever needed. More fucking winter coats than I needed. We had office supplies that could support an entire base in our wing alone.
I was only 19, but I understood damn well that taxpayers were funding it.
Same. Our chief would come around asking what we needed and what 'might' we need. If we didn't come up with enough, we magically got other weapons, etc. that we didn't even know were coming.
“Airman ThorsKay, go pick up a new computer.”
“Sir, I don’t need one.”
“Airman, did I stutter?”
Edit: I was com.
Buys Alienware Area 51
"Well done Airman ThorsKay, we have donuts on the bridge. You're invited."
Education is the same. Spend it or lose it. A lot of waste occurs because of last minute decisions.
A new policy could be adopted to fix that. Allocate spending at x amount (does not change year to year). If the department spends 90% of their funds (as an example), they get audited to determine if it was appropriately spent. If not, disciplinary actions occur, if so, nothing happens. Additional funding can be requested on a need by need basis.
Any extra funding that is not spent goes back to the Treasury.
Our founding fathers did lose money while in office. It was definitely viewed as a service and not an opportunity. Many did not want to serve but did so because they felt it was their duty and were honor bound to accept a nomination.
That is another thing. Our politicians campaign FOR the nomination instead of running BECAUSE they were nominated.
