By JACKIE TAYLOR | February 19, 2025

DOGE clean-up a bad thing?

The are a couple of adages that seem to ring true; the first is “the squeaking wheel gets the grease” and the second rings that “the loudest one is the guiltiest” and suggests that individuals who are the most vocal or defensive in a situation may be trying to hide their own wrongdoing or feelings of guilt. Quora.com continues with explanations of how sound volume and guilt seem to run hand-in-hand. “Here are a few reasons why this sentiment is often considered true:

“Psychological Projection: People who feel guilty may project their feelings onto others. Their loudness can be a defense mechanism to divert attention from their own actions.

Defensiveness: When someone is accused of wrongdoing, they may react defensively. This can manifest as loud protests of innocence, which can be perceived as an attempt to cover up guilt.

Cognitive Dissonance: If someone knows they have done something wrong, their internal conflict can lead them to overcompensate with loud or aggressive behavior to convince themselves and others that they are innocent.

Social Dynamics: In group settings, those who are guilty may feel a heightened need to assert themselves to avoid scrutiny, leading to louder and more assertive behavior.

Attention-Seeking: Sometimes, individuals who are guilty may try to dominate conversations to distract from their own issues or to shift the focus away from themselves.”

Why is this my line of thought today? I, and anyone else who watches the news, was subjected to a bunch of liberal, Democrat women singing an old tune that was apparently made when Unions were under duress in the early 1900s. The song was adapted to today and objections that DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is single-handedly dismantling wasteful funds, departments and positions that the American people are paying for and have been paying for years are being sung out in tune format.

It’s long been a question how someone elected to a position in Congress who makes approximately $150,000 per year can have millions and millions in their portfolio. Maybe they are good savers; or maybe they have been fortunate to receive nuggets that led them to profitable investing. And, maybe, they voted a way a corporation wanted them to and they became the recipient of a huge donation – whether it be property or money.

So, the latest DOGE investigation is dealing with HHS (Department of Health & Human Services) giveaways to illegal aliens over the last couple of years. Nationalreview.com reports, “The Department of Health and Human Services spent $22.6 billion on assistance to illegal immigrants from 2020 to 2024 as border crossings hit all-time highs, a new watchdog report shows.

“The HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement, a unit that lost track of 32,000 migrant children, distributed the bulk of the funds to nonprofit organizations during President Joe Biden’s term, according to a report from government spending watchdog Open the Books, first reported by the New York Post.

“In fiscal year 2023 alone, the ORR doled out $10 billion worth of grants as the Biden administration expanded the number of illegal aliens eligible for assistance. HHS distributed obligated funds of $2.6 billion in 2020, $2.3 billion in 2021, and $4.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. Over that time period, the Biden administration allowed record numbers of illegal immigrants to cross the southern border and remain in the country.”

The $22.6 billion was on top of a new amount just reported last week that President Trump was trying to stop, $59 billion, reported by Heritage.org, “Elon Musk said DOGE uncovered $59 million in payments for luxury hotels”—even if Musk’s work was more to “publicize” than to “uncover.”

“Thanks to Biden’s open border and mass parole programs, millions of aliens entered the U.S. border illegally over the past four years. Over the same timeframe, Congress granted $31 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide housing, medical and legal services to these aliens.”

Grants, housing, medical, etc. all being paid by the pocketbooks of American taxpayers.

Back to squeaking wheels; who is squeaking the loudest? Those who initiated the large payments to take care of illegal immigrants in our country. Money was being passed through hands so quickly that it had potential to catch on fire. Now, DOGE brought light to the payouts and cost and those who look to be guilty in perpetrating the continued payouts are complaining very loudly; whether they complain because their funding sources got or are getting cut off or because they are in fear, they did something illegal that may get them in trouble.

Either way, follow the flapping lips and you’ll see who is gaining from taxpayer money going through a sieve to those who don’t deserve it.

Meanwhile, I continue to turn the news on each morning in anticipation of what new frontier DOGE is entering that day. Fur is flying and patriots are thanking God for a president that is saving this country.