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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - We're Not Broke Because of Math; We're Broke Because of Corruption
This week, Elon Musk declared his intent to step away from politics, citing that he's "done enough" and sees no reason to spend his money on politics. This has fired off a lot of speculation. 
I haven't commented on the Big Beautiful Bill until now, mostly because I think both sides are right. It's not enough. But it is also the best we're going to get for a long while.
And that's the crux of the problem.
The most "responsible" plan anyone can come up with still adds trillions to our debt, just at a slightly slower rate. That's the hard truth. Even with the most disruptive leader in modern history, this is where we landed.
Interest rates are creeping up again. After Moody's downgrade, mortgage rates topped 7%, and 30-year Treasuries crossed 5%. In 2023, we collected just under $2.2 trillion in federal income taxes. At 5%, debt interest alone eats up 80% of that. What's left barely covers anything. And the rest of our revenue sources? Mostly payroll taxes, locked up in programs we can't touch. 
We are out of money.
We are out of time.
And still, we act like it's not a problem.
I'm not saying this to sound hopeless. But we have to face the truth: this is happening because of a culture of corruption.
Both parties know where the fat is. But even the ones who campaign on responsibility won't touch foreign aid, defense waste, or pet projects. They'd rather swing at Medicaid.
This isn't a math problem; it's a cultural one.
So that’s where my focus is going. Who benefits. Who protects them. Who looks the other way. Because we don't fix this by balancing a budget. We fix it by telling the truth: loudly and clearly, until the rot has nowhere left to hide.
Al Capone didn't fall because the system held him accountable. He fell because someone followed the money.
I'm going to keep doing that.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1925384167115936249

Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE - Great work by @DrOzCMS and @CMSGov to begin cracking down on overbilling by Medicare Advantage plans.  
The government is 7 years behind on its required audits of these plans, but will now catch up on all audits by the end of this year.  These audits should result in billions of taxpayer dollars returned to the Treasury, as various reports estimate MA overbilling at between $17B and $43B per year.
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DrOzCMS @DrOzCMS
CMS is rolling out an enhanced and accelerated Medicare Advantage contract auditing strategy to catch any cases of fraud, waste or abuse that have been hiding in the program for far too long. We are actively reviewing claims to ensure the government is being accurately billed for Medicare patient treatments, and suspect billions of $ will be recovered through this initiative: 
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-rolls-out-aggressive-strategy-enhance-and-accelerate-medicare-advantage-audits
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1925378052365631756

Department of State @StateDept - “The only people who benefit from mass migration are the traffickers." — @SecRubio
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1925279816766394639

Department of State @StateDept - “Our foreign policy has to once again return to the national interests. That's what it needs to be built on. We need to define what the national interest is, what is good for America.” — @SecRubio
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1925273615613731118

Department of State @StateDept - "We just want people to stop dying. Every day this war goes on, people die, things are destroyed and lives are ruined, and we want it to stop." — @SecRubio
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1925213746382671921
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