Don't you believe me?? Had to look at the picture on the box to help but still got'er done.
 
 My 5 year old G.S. figured out the formula for a   in no time on Christmas day.
 
  Pretty sure a high school kid could figure out how to cut unneeded waste $$ for the Government.
 
 When I worked for the U.S. Department of Labor and would take quotes/bids off the FAQs machine from contractors I would just laugh and shake my head.
 
  

 Bad thing is some of the work being contracted out was still under warranty and should've been covered free of charge.  
 
 Heck, Some of the jobs a crew of 3 - 4 could do in three days and the bids would be outrages. I knew what the materials would cost. Just trying to get over on the Stupid Government.
 
  On a side note PORK is on sale this week. Have to go cutup/wrap 125 lbs. now.   

r3g3

Pundits and TDS people out there doing handstands and tons of moon howling over this--The more they shout the more I believe he is doing the right thing.
TRYING to get it done where no one else has done crap other than BS about it.

Because “we need to cut government waste” is a blanket statement that lots of people agree with, until you start talking specifics.

And if you really want to plug budget deficits and make a dent in the national debt then you need to make drastic cuts to things like social security and Medicare. There is no other way. Everything else is just chipping away at the margins.

Also, this idea that “Elon Musk makes people that I don’t like angry, therefore Elon Musk must be right” is extremely flawed logic (and that’s putting it gently). The things he says and does should be judged on their own merit, and although he’s proven that he is extremely good at amassing tremendous amounts of personal wealth and promoting his own personal brand, I’m not sure he’s proven much of anything else.

And Elon v Trump begins 

crappiefisher
  G. Man,
I delt with the weather assistance program when I was young and bought a fixer upper. The wait was years long and I had most everything finished before they got to me. Would hate to see the people that are older or not experienced in construction waiting that long.
 
 When a few different contractors got approved for the work that was left they were a joke and I told them I will finish what they started.
 
 
 

 
sounds like CAC (community action council) here.
they do furnaces, hot water heaters and insulation 
 
 I've been in homes behind them
 their contractors are hacks.
It's obvious none pull permits, as their chit wouldn't pass 
 
that chit won't fly with us
we're replacing a failed furnace now in old woman's home  that CAC put in  WRONG 7 years ago
 
.KTF
 
 

DeadGator401
And Elon v Trump begins 

 
nah, that ding dong Laura Lunatic Loomer  will be the jilted Trump lover on this one 
 
KTF

genieman77

we're a $55mil company and do multi-mil projects as well
One we just finished was 36 unit senior living apt building.
Those projects take a year or more before the first shovel hits the dirt.
 
I'm in the single family construction dept.
we're doing chit-ton of lead abatement  right now.
we (my fellow inspector and I) have done $900K worth since Sept 
The state has  over $285mil to spend on lead.
Guess where that funding came from?
It's unspent covid money.
 
Not only are they spending it getting rid of lead based paint in homes, they're giving lead abatement contractors $100k of free grant money.
Tu qualify, they had to have bid on (not win, just bid on) 5 lead abatement jobs in the last year
the four contractors we deal with regularly all got $100K worth of brand new trucks and vans
 
all compliments of too much covid money appropriated that needs spent 
 
KTF
 
 
 
 

Not trying to compare sizes of our junk. But obviously, I knew it would ruffle your feathers knowing mine is YUGE….

I imagine your specific example and thousands similar would not be feasible to go through the federal contractor process. Which is one that is in the talks of cost cutting, and why I brought it up. I’m pretty sure when they review in detail, they might likely call for more federal contractors. Which is about the most Conservative idea anyway, private sector running things better and more efficiently than government, no? But my CEO is on first name basis with Donald from being that level of pay, so I’m no so sure if it is actually more efficient. Regardless, it is pretty well known in our board meetings that we will do well in this transition. Didn’t struggle by any means in the last. Just what happened when billionaire CEO’s play both sides.

Your industry is more on the “applying for federal funds”, technically all are “using federal funds”. But you are talking housing grants and whatever other funding that they are trying to weed out fraud. Same as FSA, NRCS, etc. Which unfortunately the 5” thick paperwork is still having many get through. Like many other subjects here, I don’t know the answer to stopping it. But I assume from your history here, your company is legit and not scamming. It would be nice if there was maybe an 8” thick version that trustworthy companies had to fill out once and covered everything from $1-$Bs and didn’t have to do for every project.

I imagine many of the actual Fed employees that you work with will do more work to not do their job, then actually doing their jobs…. So, do I “think” there is waste to be cut. No, I know there is. I work with those folks daily. But it is rather minimal in larger terms. They could definitely get more efficient employees than 50%, but that is likely everywhere. So, do you take from that 50% of the private sector that actually wants to do beyond bare minimum? For major cuts, just look at a breakdown of spending. Until interest rates drop, it is only DOD, which isn’t going to get cut with the craziness of the world. The rest is putting a pin size bandage on a heart attack.

I am actually intrigued on the DOGE, whether people read my comments as one of the libs and think I am being sarcastic. Don’t get me wrong, I am a bit skeptical in billionaires that hold government contracts in being fair and transparent. But I do think they will be able to uncover some real areas for efficiency. Will they ruin other areas to provide openings for their own interests is a concern. But at this point, I don’t have much trust in career politicians in being the most efficient either. As long as it isn’t a complete abuse and more wasteful, I’ll chalk it up as politics as usual. Pretty much how I expect it to prevail. But maybe it will surprise me. I’d love to see some of that overwhelming proof of the deep state too.

r3g3
Present Dem admin spent over TWO BILLION in COVD money in the past couple of weeks alone.
Tell me again how we cant cut anything but SS and Medicare to save money.

The national debt is over $30 trillion. $2 billion is a drop in the bucket.

Non discretionary spending is now close to $4 trillion each year. Go ahead and look it up. Shaving a few billion off the federal budget is going to do absolutely nothing.

And again, during his first term
Trump blew up the national debt by almost $3 trillion in his first 3 years in office. Before covid. Due to reckless spending and massive tax cuts.

fishin coyote
I also work in the government giveaway sector aka weatherization. The work is commendable and does actually make a difference in people’s lives. but in my 21 years we have become the Navy’s 800.00 hammer with the amount of redundant paperwork, rules and regulation. The only thing that is keeping it from becoming the free for all  is we have to abide by an average job cost.
 

MyWar

Because “we need to cut government waste” is a blanket statement that lots of people agree with, until you start talking specifics.

And if you really want to plug budget deficits and make a dent in the national debt then you need to make drastic cuts to things like social security and Medicare. There is no other way. Everything else is just chipping away at the margins.

The amount of corruption,waste and bad spending in these 2 programs has nothing to do with the seniors it was intended for. It is unbelievable the things and amount of people under the age of 60 get paid for but as soon as there’s talk of cut backs all the talking heads claim grandma is going to loose her monthly check. Fear mongering at its finest but it’s no different than the other side telling us that they’re going turn the kids trangender or some other wild story.
 
You guys need to turn off the tvs and go fishing 
 

I mean… yea? Again, pretty much everybody is going to agree that the federal government spends too much money on things. This is not a radical idea.

It’s the things that money is spent on is where people disagree.

And go ahead and crunch the numbers. You can not make a dent in the national debt without massive cuts to social security and Medicare.

And that is ESPECIALLY true if the party in power is also planning on massive tax cuts. You just can not have all of those things at once. And you can’t nickel and dime $30 trillion dollars away. It’s just math.