Charles Eck
@ratrun2532
This consistent pairing of financial scale with an explicit lack of rules proves that the OBBBA was deliberately engineered to strip away accountability. It is a calculated strategy to shield agency spending from the public eye. open.substack.com/pub/charles4...
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