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The $100 Billion Question Nobody’s Asking: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Big Tech Contracts With Nothing to Show for It?

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The $100 Billion Question Nobody’s Asking: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Big Tech Contracts With Nothing to Show for It?

December 17, 2025
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When the government, or anyone for that matter, spends $100 billion annually on information technology, you’d expect transformative results.

Instead, we get a masterclass in institutional capture. It’s clear the federal government is serving the best interests of massive software companies, not taxpayers or federal workers.

Instead, the federal IT landscape resembles a graveyard of ambitious projects.

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