New Rule - #26-01 - Federal Funds and Services to the American Citizenry

 All the monies budgeted and in use by the United States government, regardless of source, belong to the American people.

The United States government and all of its branches exists to serve the American people.  This is all in our Constitution.

Taxes paid by the American people and collected by the United States government is for the purpose of providing services to the American people.  It is logical and understandable that there are expenses incurred in providing those services:  salaries, office, buildings, various supplies and mechanisms, etc.

Rule #26-01, in concept, used to be a rule and criteria for grant issuing not-for-profit status but has since disappeared but should be reinstated.  In the case of federal funds:  85% of all monies collected by the United States government, except for capital projects, must be spend in the provision of services to the American people, not through corporate administrators, but in direct distribution of services to individual American citizens; the total expenditure for administrative costs cannot exceed 15% of any individual program, departmental or budget segment.

This used to be the norm for budgetary criteria in IRS regulations for not-for-profit status who distributed grant funds.  It was followed, without difficulty, for decades and is, therefore, doable.

Service organizations, such as public libraries, schools, hospitals, that provide services in the form of services by people to other people, have much greater costs in providing those services than programs that simply distribute funds. The budget differences may be as much as reversed, with the 85% being the administrative costs and the 15% being incidents; but, those administrative costs must demonstratively translate into direct services to individual American citizens.

In some cases, those administrative costs may vary depending on the provision of services such as, military pay may vary depending on whether or not staff is actively engaged in military operations in defense.  The pay scales of those actively engaged in service would differ from those not directly engaged in service.  This would hold true of all services of the United States government; the military only being a service where there is a clear and obvious difference in active and non-active service.  

Pay scales are complex and are not specifically addressed here.  Pay for the service of elected officials is also not addressed here.