Pipeline opened up 1980s onward. Tone at the top says fraud is good to go,either that or congressman, women, any real politicians with significant decision making ability just get really, really lucky with investment opportunities and wealth generation. I mean hell, we elected a guy running a shitcoin scam and instantly pardoned people committing security fraud. Thats America at this point, you turn a blind eye to total fraud because maybe that guy in the eyes of voters is still somehow better than the alternative at the time.
Its not excusable, but its clearly going to take some type of armageddon event at this point to change how the general public reacts to events if its not politically aligned with their own.
when a family nickel and dimes itself spending on stupid shit the only thing that can stop it is bankruptcy and eviction. the same will go in the USA.
DOGE was poorly done, but when you saw the vitriolic response to it it became clear big players REALLY didnt want the issue looked into. zero big govt agencies can withstand an audit, they're all burning money.