In 2019, according to an organization called “Open the Books” our Federal Bureaucracies have
wasted $175 Billion through what Federal Law defines “Improper Payments” as “payments made
by the government to the wrong person(s), in the wrong amount(s), or for the wrong reason(s)...
that's nearly $15 billion a month, $500 million per day, or $1million per minute, every minute.
There were $871.9 million of improper payments to dead/deceased people. $8.2 billion, not million,
for improper payments to Social Security recipients; according to the Social Security files, there are
about 6,000,000 active Social Security numbers for people age 112 and over...meanwhile the World
Health Organization and Guinness Book of World Records state there are about 45 people world wide
who are 112 and over. There were about $103 billion in “improper payments” from Medicare, and
Medicaid recipients. These are the leaders of mistakes with your tax money. However in all Federal
Agencies/Bureaus combined since 2004 within or from the 20 Federal Bureaus, there was just over
$2.4 Trillion with a “T” of improper payments of your tax money which were “improperly paid out”.
Just for your reference there is 1,000, $1,000 payments in a million($1,000,00 and another 1,000,
$1,000,000 in a billion, and another 1000, $billions in a $Trillion or a $Trillion would be liked
getting a payment for $1,000 X a million= a $Trillion.
My hope is that you will write your Congressperson a long letter or at least a post card and call an
end or at least a slow-down of the bleeding due to Federal incompetency which we tax payers pay
approximately $7.4 Billion per year to employ. Also, if you can support the organization called
Open the Books. They are doing good work exposing the useless waste that federal agencies
commit yearly.
