Wasteful Government Spending Leaderboard

#1. Barbie Doll Photo Used to Get COVID PPP Funds:portion of $800,000,000,000 #2. In the RED: Interest on Our National Debt is Expensive: $659,000,000,000 #3. Dr. Fauci’s Monkey Business on NIH’s “Monkey Island” : $33,200,000 #4. USAID Fund to Boost Egyptian Tourism: $6,000,000 #5. Whoopsie: Improper Federal Payments: $293,000,000,000

Make America Great Again

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  • The US President has promised to make as many as 50,000 civil servants political appointees, effectively stripping the career protections of those currently in the roles and ensuring loyalists would remain.
  • And Trump supporter Elon Musk said that, if he joins the administration as part of a new Department of Government Efficiency, he would find $2 trillion in budget cuts.
  • Trump’s policy goals don’t just look to undo the work of the Biden administration. He looks to remake policies — and the federal agencies that create them — at their core.

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  • Reauthorization: It is unknown if Congress will seek to reauthorize PEPFAR, which could afford it an opportunity to propose changes to the program and extend certain time-bound provisions.
  • Reorganization. The proposed permanent dissolution of USAID and integration of any remaining USAID global health activities into GHSD, raises several questions, including whether additional capacities will be provided to allow for the management and implementation of PEPFAR as well as other health programs.
  • Funding/Budget Request: The administration’s initial FY 2026 budget request includes significant reductions in funding for global health, as well as rescissions to prior year funding amounts. While details are not provided, it notes that funding is preserved for any current PEPFAR beneficiaries. A more detailed budget request is expected in the next few weeks.

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  • The government wastes billions of dollars each year on duplicative programs and frivolous expenditures that fail to align with American values or address the needs of the American people.
  • President Trump established the “Department of Government Efficiency” to examine how to streamline the Federal Government, eliminate unnecessary programs, and reduce bureaucratic inefficiency.
  • President Trump launched a 10-to-1 deregulation initiative, ensuring every new rule is justified by clear benefits.
  • President Trump authorized buyout programs to encourage federal employees to leave voluntarily.
  • Through these actions, President Trump is keeping his promise to restore efficiency and accountability in the Federal Government.
  • GOOD NEWS: DOGE is now committed to enrol more than 100,000 competent employees to the Federal Civil Service, Health Ministry, Internal Revenue Service, Security Agencies and other parastatals after the sacking of more than 228,000 of federal workers.

    • Estimated Savings

    $165B

    Combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions.

    Amount Saved Per Taxpayer

    $1,024.84

    Per taxpayer amount is calculated using an estimate of 161 million individual federal taxpayers.

    Regulation Repeals

    Regulation repeals and modifications.

    Agency
    Regulation
    Action
    CFR Provisions
    Date
    Savings
    Words Deleted
    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
    Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z)
    Judicial Vacatur
    12 C.F.R. 1026.52; 1026.58; Appendix G to Part 1026
    2025-04-15
    		$9.5B299
    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
    Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions
    CRA Revocation
    12 C.F.R. 1005.10; 1005.17; 12 C.F.R. 1026.2; 1026.4; 1026.60; 1026.62; Supplement I to Part 1026; Supplement I to Part 1005
    2025-04-09
    		$5.2B2K
    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
    Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications
    CRA Revocation
    12 C.FR. 1090.109
    2025-04-09
    		$14.0M928
    Department of the Interior
    Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources
    CRA Revocation
    30 CFR 550.105; 550.194; 550.195
    2025-04-14
    		$5.9M1.8K
    Federal Communication Commission
    Revisions to Cable Television Rate Regulations
    Circulation
    47 CFR Part 76
    2025-04-11
    		$4.5M11.5K
    Department of the Interior; Department of Commerce
    Definition of "Harm" Under the Endangered Species Act
    NPRM
    50 CFR 17.3; 50 CFR 222.102
    2025-04-17
    		To be calculated97
    Department of the Treasury
    Federal Financing Bank Bills
    DFR
    12 CFR Part 810
    2025-04-16
    		To be calculated699
    Department of the Treasury
    Book-Entry Procedure for Federal Financing Bank Securities
    DFR
    12 CFR Part 811
    2025-04-16
    		To be calculated2K
    Department of the Treasury
    TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance
    DFR
    31 CFR Part 30
    2025-04-16
    		To be calculated22.5K
    Department of the Treasury
    Troubled Asset Relief Program
    DFR
    31 CFR Part 31
    2025-04-16
    		To be calculated3.9K