President Trump signs executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency
Expenditures in Ernst’s crosshairs went toward agency mascots, fidget spinners, coloring books, koozies, comic books, and other items the Iowan’s team has called “purely propaganda.”that estimated discretionary advertising spending within federal agencies jumped to $1.8 billion in fiscal year 2023, more than double the $778.5 million that had been spent in fiscal year 2018.
In renewing her push for the SWAG Act, Ernst has flagged some of the zany spending that various agencies have engaged in over recent years. This includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Operation Outbreak,” which is intended to give students exercises to “identify the pathogen’s index case” and the “potential animal host.”
“This resource was created for the children of Department of Homeland Security personnel to highlight the work their parents and loved ones perform each day to protect the United States,” a DHS spokesperson The newly-minted reform department headed by the world’s richest man has promised to cut as much as $500 billion annually in wasteful spending across the executive branch departments.“The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost U.S. taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023. The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced,”
One report from her office that was released last year concluded that a meager 6% of the federal workforce “report in-person on a full-time basis.”
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