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Inside: It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/beltway-bandits/
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@pluralistic Great blog post about ways to cut the US federal deficit in ways that are financially and socially healthy for most Americans.
@pluralistic As a federal employee of a different country, and of course speaking as a private citizen, I support this message.
As an on & off former beltway bandit worker.
I wholly endorse this message.
Too many anecdotes from the near half-century of being/working in & around the region to even hope to encapsulate in a post.
folks can't grasp the scale, because it defies credulity.