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Mark Wauck's avatar

I've already recommended DD and Doug Mac today. It's a kinda slow listen, but they get into a lot of the issues, Trump, appointments, policy, expectations--realistic and unrealistic. Probably more disturbing than the Brian Hook thing--really--is that Howard Lutnick has said he's working with Jared Kushner to staff up Trump 2.0. Lutnick is heading personnel for the transition, so he's above Hook. And everyone knows, personnel is policy.

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Bill Pieper's avatar

Repeal the provisions of FASAB Rule 56 (accounting rules) that enable our national government to lie about expenditures with impunity simply by claiming national security interests are at stake. It is a license to commit massive fraud and negates any mechanism to discover criminal behavior and fiscal/budget anomalies. This rule allows the US government to legally maintain two sets of books, like a criminal organization. Of course, many of us would argue that the government is a criminal organization, and I support that view.

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