So where are all the Libs that claim Private industry is not needed when Govt programs do such a great job! 23 Million in waste in just 1 state!

With Mn being such a Welfare state I wonder how much waste is going on here??

Basically, medicaid isn’t honoring medical claims and services. I imagine a whole bunch of people got a letter in the mail that said, “claim denied.” that’s not infrastructure reform. Sounds a little scary to me.

This needs to happen across the US – we won’t need some crazy deal to balance the budget or worry about ‘Obamacare’ – the ‘system’ is broke, not the concepts.

Ok, this is where people need to start doing a little research. We hear about waste a lot and it is really easy to point fingers at welfare hoarders (which do exist, however there are people on assitance who actually need it, and those who aren’t but actually need it yet can’t get assitance due to some bit of red tape) and it’s easy to point fingers at whatever poltiical party you don’t like. I personally think it’s all the Libertarians fault.

However, maybe instead of finger pointing, we look at the issue of wasteful spending and have our representatives look at wasteful spending. The majority of it is due to poor processes that can’t really be fixed because systems and software and the amount of people, etc has gotten out of control. You see this with a lot of corporations who are still using IE 6 and outdated programs because they can’t upgrade due to their size. Plus, fixing these processes takes a lot of time. The phrase “dupliate payments” and “overpayments” should be a big hint to most people. That’s a process issue, not hand out issues.

So stop with negativity about people who take advantage of the system and/or the parties. They’re not the problem. The system is the problem. Maybe that’s what we should be telling our representatives to focus on. Yes it’s going to take A LOT of time, but it’s worth it. If reps don’t want to, well, then vote someone else in.

Liz hit the nail on the head. Most government employees have better computers and programs at home than they have to use at work!!!!