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Nick Osmond-Jones 🇨🇦
@Nick_Decap
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Former BC public servant. Dad. Arborist, business owner, occassional writing for @quillette @beatnorthern. Do my best to assume good faith.
Victoria BC
Joined April 2023
RT @yyjgingerblu: Gazan #Vancouver activist Nasser Najjar argues that the "West will never be as civilized as Gaza" because the kidnapped I…
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This is the type of stuff I've been hoping to see from DOGE. Not flashy gotcha stuff, or putting every dollar through a political lense, but rooting out waste, inefficiency, and stupidity.
To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible. - All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING! - The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily. The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already! Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious. When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.
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RT @benryanwriter: Leaked: LGBTQ Groups' Memo On Combatting Trump's Attack On Pediatric Gender Medicine 🧵👇I report: The secret memo, which…
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@buttonslives This is basically the premise of @AbigailShrier 's book Bad Therapy, which is amazing. Of course there is some truth to the idea that isn't good to bottle things up. Sometimes it helps to talk about your problems. But endless rumination is totally destructive.
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RT @eva_kurilova: Since age 4 I've known I should be very rich. Please help with lifesaving affirming money, thanks
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RT @CrunchAlias: Trans activists have a habit of asking questions to which they don’t want to hear the answer.
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RT @KnownHeretic: Everyone gets why this guy can’t get most jobs. And we understand he made a personal consumer choice to get face tattoos…
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@somerspsych I've been a public servant at the Ministry of Health, you often have to do things you disagree with, or think are stupid. It's part of the job. But if you are told to do something that is obviously killing people "I was just following orders" doesn't cut it.
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RT @_CryMiaRiver: Just been reminded of that time in 2022 when someone put stickers with basic facts about human existence on lampposts in…
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RT @somerspsych: Thank you. I agree this is beyond incompetence. Those responsible were formally cautioned and elected to shoot the messeng…
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@EricSchild2 Yes, and it's not just the politicians. The public service has a deeply ingrained culture of secrecy.
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RT @preta_6: It’s looking like the gag orders I’ve been under for more than a year could be lifted very soon. I cannot wait to tell everyon…
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RT @ChanLPfa: I’m so happy $219K of our tax dollars will be spent on Fae Johnstone’s "Queer Joy Photovoice Project" as tens of thousands of…
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RT @DanWilliamsAB: Are we surprised that Canada has an addiction crisis or that Americans are sounding the alarm on border security? We hav…
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RT @MarinaMedvin: Palestinians killed his wife, both of his daughters, his brother, and even his dog. They starved and tortured him for 491…
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