Is it even possible for President Trump’s administration to effectively downsize government and reduce the federal deficit without identifying persons, organizations, charities and businesses that (knowingly or not) participate in federal program fraud, waste, and bloated bureaucracies? And since government programs and funding triggers NGO providers, isn’t past time for Congress to ameliorate decades of fraud, identity theft, and exploitation against recipients of social services –prior to House Speaker Mike Johnson labeling citizens as leeches and moochers?  

This piece is a three-part essay. Part one is a brief overview, with an attached Scrapbook of documents and exhibits pertaining social health, education, social services federal programs, and so on.  SEE:  http://lawgrace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Scrapbook-A-corrected.pdf   My amateur compilation includes (but is not limited to) news, OpEds, new articles, government reports –as well as easily-verifiable topics, entities, and media such as these: 

Congressman Paul Gosar’s legislation to require federally-funded NGOs to disclose donors;
Homeland Security and FEMA; 
Nonprofit Research Institution;
Federal grants and programs;
Social services and providers; 
Fiscal sponsorship;
Donor-advised funding;
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act; 
FEMA;
Department of Justice funding;
Bank and church money laundering;
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Louisiana matters; 
122 postal nonprofit corporations;
Minority-owned Business Enterprises, Women-owned Business Enterprises,
     Disadvantaged Business Entity;
211 Information and Referral services; 
excerpts from Congressional hearings;
AmeriCorp –Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS);
Elon Musk;
Judicial-Political nonprofit businesses;
Pass-through fraud;
Louisiana Legislative Auditors; 
United Way; 
Foreclosure fraud; 
Couch White, LLP;  
NeighborWorks American;
Opportunity Zones investment; 
Disaster capitalism;
Financial Crime Academy;
Wikipedia;
Nola.com;
WBRZ;
Nonprofit Quarterly;
The Federalist;
Journal of Small Business Management;
Cause of Action;
CATO Institute;
Congressional letters; 
Huffington Post;
Washington Post;
The Center Square;
The Badger Institute;
Project on Government Oversight;
Propublica;
Bloomberg City Lab;
The New York Times;
Reveal;
Alternet;
Government Accountability Institute; 
Government Accountability Office;
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

**I’m not too good at proof reading, but I’ll keep at it.  

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