h lardner. richard, round numbers. how much money was pumped out and what percentage is believed to have been stolen or wasted? well, congress appropriated about $5.2 trillion and presidents approved those bills. about the accounting we have from the response accountability committee says 4.2 trillion has been spent. some of the money has a longer tail on it to spend. those numbers will be updated. it s over $5 trillion in total that s been appropriated for covid relief. is it a reflection by economies of scale. you write there was an $837 billion irs prim that had 99% success in its delivery. that sounds pretty darn impressive. that 1% fail was $8 billion.
grift . richard, round numbers, how much money was pumped out and what percentage is believed to have been stolen or wasted? well, congress appropriated about $5.2 trillion and the president approved those bills. about the accounting that we have from the pandemic response accountability committee, it says $4.2 trillion of that has been spent, some of this money has a longer tail to spend. those numbers will be updated. but it s over $5 trillion in total that s been appropriated for covid relief. is it a reflection of economies of scale? and by that i mean, you write there was an $837 billion irs program that had 99% success in its delivery. that sounds pretty darn impressive. but that 1% fail was $8 billion. yeah, i do think, you know,
issues a mandatory evacuation condos over structural concerns. engineers say the building s repair should be completed in two weeks. the building is a mile from the site of the 12 story champlain tower which partially collapsed in june of 2021 killing 98 people. new hampshire incumbent democratic maggie hasan and don bolduc going over the economy during last night s heated debated take a listen. a law give people tax breaks for making energy efficient investments in their home right now, don bolduc he opposes that too. she has not done the right thing spending $5.2 trillion march to august. stop any additional spending until we got inflation under control. she voted no for that. on the topic of abortion, neither candidate held back. this is about a woman s fundamental freedom, her health, and her safety. and don bolduc has a very long
investments in their home right now. she has not done the right thing for spending $5.2 trillion from march to august. any additional spending stop until we have inflation under control. she voted no for that. carley: on the topic of abortion, neither candidate held back. this is about a woman s fundamental freedom, health and nonbaltic has a long record of extremism here. these decisions is that they can harm women and cost them their lives in some cases. her commercial about me wanting to merthyr mike murdered her is disgraceful. i do not support a federal ban either for or against abortion at the federal level. it is now a state issue. carley: currently less than three points. and a smaller market as well. over in arizona firing back at her opponent katie hobbs for
the misuse of covid funds is being called one of the largest frauds in american history. friday, the secret service announced investigators had seized $286 million in pandemic relief loans obtained using fabricated or stolen employment and personal information. during the pandemic, more than $5.2 trillion in relief was districted to help the unemployed and bolster the u.s. economy. how much went to fraudsteres? we re still just starting to find out. but it s already in the high billions. the justice department has charged people with about 1 billion in fraud so far, but that s just the tip of the iceberg. the labor department s inspector general estimates that covid-related unemployment overpayments are at 163 billion and warns that figure is probably low. 1,500 people have already been charged by the federal government with defrauding