From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Full Self Driving Air Traffic Control Goes To Mars
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:27:55 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-12 12:53, -hh wrote:
> On 2/12/25 11:36, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-02-12 05:40, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-10, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:04:14 -0500, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 14:01:45 -0500, -hh
>>>>> <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/8/25 11:40 AM, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 05:24:24 -0500, -hh says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Compared to Biden's EV initiative where $7.5 billion
>>>>>>>>> dollars has built ~10 chargers?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you research *why* before making that complaint?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The chargers were promised... the money was taken.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHERE are the chargers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you'd done your research, you'd know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Show us (if you can).
>>>>
>>>> Well?
>>>
>>> The point is in 2021 the money, $7.5 billion, was allocated to build
>>> a charging network across the US. So how many were built in the
>>> subsequent 3 years?
>>>
>>> THAT is the point.
>>>
>>> P.S. This is the kind of waste and government mismanagement that
>>> DOGE is uncovering.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> That money was allocated doesn't mean it was SPENT.
>>
>> That is the point.
>
> In the federal budget terminology:
> an "Allocation" is a distribution of funds;
> an "Obligation" is a commitment to pay, and
> a "Disbursement" is the actual payment.
Ah! Thanks for the clarification.
>
> So show us the proof of Disbursement.
>
> Plus when Congress passes a new spending authorization, the processes to
> put it into a budget doesn't put all of the funds in the first year
> upfront:Â there's a lot that goes into providing the money over time to
> align with when it is needed. When such an authorization spans over
> multiple Fiscal Years, the funding Allocations span too.
>
> After all, why go borrow money today for an expenditure that's not
> planned for Obligation & Disbursement until 2027?
Exactly!
:-)