Since it is a proven fact that most of the idiots in
Congress do not read in full the legislation on which they vote, we clearly
need an independent taxpayers’ “Auditor” office (different from the IRS
“Taxpayer Advocate” office) to review each and every piece of legislation in
the same way as Tom Coburn and his staff evaluated "every department and virtually every major government program"
in preparing his “Back In Black” budget report.
Each proposed law should be looked at to discover components
and provisions that are -
“• Not Needed — Serves no vital or essential federal role
or has outlived its intended purpose.
• Does Not Meet Any Need — Little or no evidence to
demonstrate results or effectiveness achieving stated goals.
• Wasteful — Significant amounts of silly or
unjustifiable expenditures.
• Duplicative — Duplicates or overlaps existing
government agencies or initiatives.
• Not a Priority at this Time — Mission cannot be
justified within today’s budgetary constraints.
• Not Cost Efficient — Benefits do not exceed the costs.
• Parochial — Serves a local or special interest with no
overriding federal role and exceeds the limited powers granted to Congress
enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.”
This office should also review each government program annually
for the above criteria, plus the following one –
“Mismanaged — Significant amounts of erroneous,
fraudulent and improper expenditures, excessive overhead and administrative
costs, or otherwise poorly administered or implemented.”
The findings, both for individual legislation and
year-end program evaluations, should be openly published, as are the audits of
TIGTA (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration).
The cost of such an office would be more than paid for by
the savings it will generate.
TTFN
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