The recent creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) has caused an unexpected stir. And it’s weird, because of the pushback by those in power.

Imagine being a customer in a bank to deposit your paycheck. A bank robber bursts in and grabs your paycheck. The security guard and bank personnel try and stop the thief – but you, the victim, not only encourage the criminal to take YOUR paycheck, you encourage the taking of the other customers’ checks AND you provide cover for the robber as he escapes the bank out the back door.

Or imagine the bank calling you and telling you there has been a fraud on your account … and you tell the bank to let the fraud continue.

Inconceivable, right?

Well, this is exactly what is happening. The revelation that billions of dollars have gone missing, remain unaccounted for, or have been used for projects wholly unrelated to American interests at home has been eye-opening, to say the least.

What has loudly come to the forefront is how impossibly rich Washington, D.C., politicians have become — funded by you, the taxpayer, without your knowledge or consent.

Washington, D.C., has turned into District 1 from “The Hunger Games,” feeding off the hard labor of the rest of us.

I have no doubt that this is a scam that has been ongoing for years.

At best, lawmakers on both sides were unaware of what they were voting for; at worst,........

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