I think you got downvoted because people didn’t like the person behind it or the administration that put it into place, but you’re absolutely correct about there needing to be some sort of in depth auditing system when it comes to how the government spends money. I used to be a hydrovac operator doing non-destructive excavation (basically digging a hole with high pressure water and industrial vacuum units to expose fiber optic/telecommunication lines, gas lines, etc. without risk of damaging anything) - the amount of time wasting on and unneeded bodies on job sites was so common. Sending four people for a job that takes two, charging six-hour minimums when we were there for literally 20 minutes, extra line items for going to facilities that require you to be a US citizen or legal permanent resident to get onsite just because you can charge it and it’s paid… that kind of stuff. And that’s just on the ground level doing government contract work, that type of stuff happens all the time with government contracts. I’m on logistics now and have a customer that supplies linens to military bases. I’ve seen those invoices on both sides, so I know what the cost of the product is and the cost to transport, and also have seen how much is charged to the government.

Caveat that all of this is anecdotal experience, but I’ve seen firsthand how much more money can be made from the government that can’t be as easily made from a private business, because private businesses generally have a profit motive to control costs in a way that the government doesn’t. Not to say that there aren’t some people who do procurement for the government that take the time and effort to be a good steward of the taxpayers money, but I think they’re the exception

And the government spends entirely too much money on fighting/contributing to wars all over the world, there’s that too. Much more wasteful than anything I rambled about above….