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Washington, DC - The Government Accountability Office has provided nearly 125 billion new reasons why government spending is out of control, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens.

Improper payments by the government is nothing new; in 2013 they shelled out $105.8 billion in duplicate payments, payments to ineligible recipients and payments for unqualified goods and services.  In 2014, the spendthrifts in Washington paid out $124.7 billion, a record 20% increase.

"Let's be clear about one thing:  These funds - these millions, billions and trillions of dollars that we talk about and sometimes spend rather haphazardly, belong to the taxpayers.  These are dollars the federal government has either taken out of paychecks or borrowed from future taxpayers," railed Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, when he got the news.