One of the craziest examples is “SourceAmerica” which literally exists just to skim 3% off the top of every single federal contract with disability jobs providers, and spend it on lobbying, 500k salaries, and 30M payments to independent contractors.
Parker Thayer · Feb 14
AbilityOne is the most insane federal program I've found yet.
It's a $4 billion per-year jobs program for the disabled that is so wasteful, and vulnerable to abuse and fraud that even the National Council on Disability recommended eliminating it: https://ncd.gov/assets/uploads/reports/2020/ncd-abilityone-2020.pdf . .
>One of the craziest examples is “SourceAmerica” which literally exists just to skim 3% off the top of every single federal contract with disability jobs providers, and spend it on lobbying, 500k salaries, and 30M payments to independent contractors.
>>Parker Thayer
@ParkerThayer· Feb 14
>>AbilityOne is the most insane federal program I've found yet.
>>It's a $4 billion per-year jobs program for the disabled that is so wasteful, and vulnerable to abuse and fraud that even the National Council on Disability recommended eliminating it: https://ncd.gov/assets/uploads/reports/2020/ncd-abilityone-2020.pdf
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