Documents Show Feds' Apathy at Jobless Benefits Overpayments
The Labor Department reported $78.1 billion in improper payments through federal pandemic unemployment insurance programs in 2021 alone.
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The Labor Department reported $78.1 billion in improper payments through federal pandemic unemployment insurance programs in 2021 alone.
Congress has given the IRS $80 billion to hire 87,000 more agents with the hope of bringing in about $200 billion in additional tax revenues over the next 10 years. But last year alone, the federal government spent far more than that -- $279 billion -- on improper payments.
The Inflation Reduction Act gives the IRS an additional $80 billion to hire 87,000 more agents with the hope of bringing in about $200 billion in additional tax revenues over the next 10 years.
Americans are paying more than $2,000 per household for bureaucrats to send improper payments to the wrong people or in the wrong amounts.