Senators, I strongly urge a vote against this bill for three major reasons.
First: We already have a budget committee supposedly working on reducing the massive (nearly 5% of GDP) deficit this government holds. To spend taxpayer money on an investigation "Fund" that is to be used by a PI group to do exactly what our Budget Committee is attempting to accomplish seems to be an example of duplicate government spending. Exactly the sort of which this government should be attempting to decrease, not expand upon.
Second: Are we suggesting that a PRIVATE organization shall trifle through intergovernmental records, of which contains private and top-secret information? Ridiculous. Not just to the millions of Americans who could lose their constitutional right to privacy, but also to the now disadvantaged private competitors. Crony capitalism at its finest.
Thirdly: There are NO regulations that stipulate that these resources will be used wisely, sustainably, nor used as a slush fund. To leave the Budget Committee, or any group of politicians for that matter, as the arbiter of reputability should be a joke. If the Budget Committee cannot accomplish any meaningful reform in the 8 months they have been around, how should we be assured that they will wisely choose a Private Organization to receive this contract?
Senators, the constitutional responsibility of our budget and our rising deficit are up to you. Do not pass a bill that would hurt Atlasians' right to privacy, distort the free market, and be a piece wasteful and duplicate spending itself!
I strongly urge a vote against this bill.
Thank you.
The concerns to the first part of your statement can be surely addressed. I believe that an investigation by a private, trusted firm would greatly increase our knowledge on where our funds are being wasted. I applaud the work of the budget committee, but this would help them. Think about it, if there’s excessive wasteful government spending in some of our agencies are we sure to know? Do you not believe a private investigation to send recommendations to the budget committee would be a burden to them?
Now how did that get in there? Maybe I should add a domestic agencies clause into the bill, but this would
NOT AT ALL compromise the safety and privacy of any Atlasian. I, and many of my colleagues would not allow that on our watch.
We shall fund them a million dollars to look through at our government agencies, and to see where thy are wasting money. They will report their findings to the budget committee, to help them.
