JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE THE MONEY!

The smell of taxpayer robbery isn’t even being masked anymore. HUD Secretary Scott Turner just dropped a political flashbang: over $5.8 billion in questionable Biden-era rental assistance payments — and not to struggling citizens, mind you. We’re talking thousands of potential non-citizens and more than 30,000 deceased “tenants.” Because apparently, in Bidenomics, the phrase “affordable housing” extends all the way to the afterlife.

And where did the ghost rent checks pile the highest? Blue fortress states. New York. California. Washington, D.C. — the usual suspects. These aren’t just policy failures; they’re ATM withdrawals from the public treasury, except the machine doesn’t even ask for a PIN.

Turner called it “a massive abuse of taxpayer dollars,” which is polite government-speak for “they treated your money like Monopoly cash.” HUD, under Biden’s watch, slammed out rental checks with fewer verification safeguards than a dollar store sweepstakes. No audit integrity. No eligibility screening. Just a geyser of federal cash, flowing like holy water through leaky bureaucratic pipes — right into the pockets of people who were never supposed to receive it, or worse, who no longer exist.

Let’s pause here. Washington told us that “compassionate governance” meant helping renters survive COVID’s wreckage. Fair enough. But somewhere along the line, the operation turned into an episode of Weekend at Bernie’s: The Federal Edition. Dead tenants have never been so well taken care of.

The Biden administration built its “rescue plans” on moral posturing and photo ops, not fiscal integrity. When government becomes Santa Claus, corruption becomes the elves. HUD didn’t just fail to implement controls; it incentivized dysfunction — the same way casinos “incentivize” gambling addiction. When free money pours from the sky, vultures don’t ask questions. They just start circling.

This isn’t merely an accounting embarrassment. It’s a philosophical one. Our leaders talk endlessly about “investing” in America, but never about protecting those investments. The result? “Government-funded” has morphed into a euphemism for “come and take our money.” Bureaucrats get budget increases. Fraudsters get paid. Taxpayers get gaslit into thinking this is compassion.

We’ve created an ecosystem where oversight is optional, audits are an inconvenience, and accountability is a toxic substance that must be avoided at all costs. Meanwhile, the administration’s solution to every crisis is the same tired prescription: Print more money, form a task force, blame the last guy, and call it progress.

At this point, one almost has to admire the efficiency of the grift. The federal wallet is open, the ink on the printing press is still warm, and the only people not collecting rent from Washington seem to be the ones actually working for a living.

So, let’s ask it plainly: When politicians say “government-funded,” aren’t they really saying “taxpayer-drained”? Because $5.8 billion later, we’re not housing Americans — we’re subsidizing incompetence. And much like those “tenants,” the spirit of accountability in D.C. appears to be long dead.