Booting Earth Optimization System
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Report Cards
Spending over time vs. outcomes over time. If the lines diverge — spending up, outcomes flat or worse — the agency is failing its mission.
Enforce controlled substance laws and reduce drug availability
Federal drug control spending grew from $20.6B (FY2006) to $43.6B (FY2024) while overdose deaths went from 17,415 (2000) to 107,941 (2022) — a 520% increase — before falling to 79,384 in 2024. Since the DEA was created in 1973, yearly deaths peaked at roughly 20 times their starting level.
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Seek fundamental knowledge and apply it to enhance health
Budget increased 165% (FY2000 $17.8B → FY2024 $47.3B) while novel drug approvals rose from 27 (2000) to 50 (2024) — volatile, but about 75% higher comparing 2000–04 with 2020–24. Only 3.3% of the budget reaches actual clinical trials.
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Protect public health by ensuring safety and efficacy of drugs and food
Not graded: only two sourced estimates of drug development cost exist. FDA's total program level rose 466% (FY2000 $1.21B → FY2024 $6.88B, nominal). Tufts CSDD's estimated cost per approved drug rose 145% after inflation — $1.04B to $2.56B in 2013 dollars — between drugs first tested in 1983–94 and 1995–2007.
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Promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness
Not graded: the age-17 math test was given only four times in this period. Discretionary budget authority rose 170% (FY2000 $29.4B → FY2024 $79.2B) while the long-term-trend math score for 17-year-olds stayed flat — 308 in 1999, 306 in 2012 (305 in 1990) — and the test has not been given to 17-year-olds since 2012.
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Provide military forces needed to deter war and protect security
Not graded: no official source publishes yearly deaths caused by US military action. Military spending tripled, from $320B (2000) to $1,005B (2024), while the post-9/11 wars killed more than 940,000 people directly — all sides, 2001–2023 (Brown University Costs of War). The department meant to deter war started several.
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Enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans
Health spending per capita more than tripled ($4,842 in 2000 → $15,474 in 2024) while life expectancy rose only from 76.8 to 79.0 years — barely above its 2014 level of 78.9. The US spends more per person than any country and gets middling outcomes.
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Protect national security and public safety through immigration enforcement
Budget more than tripled, from $9.1B (FY2003) to $30.1B (FY2023), while Border Patrol encounters rose 122%. More money, more encounters.
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Protect public safety through correctional management
Budget rose 134% (FY2000 $3.67B → FY2024 $8.57B, nominal) while the federal prison population rose 51% to a FY2013 peak of 219,298, then fell 28% to 158,864 by FY2024. Nearly half (49.3%) of federal offenders released in 2010 were rearrested within eight years.
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Protect human health and the environment
Unhealthy air days in 35 major U.S. cities fell 64% from 2000 to 2024 (2,080 to 757), while EPA's enacted budget rose 21% in nominal dollars ($7.56B to $9.16B). One of the few agencies whose target metric has clearly improved.
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Protect the American people and uphold the Constitution
Budget more than tripled ($3.0B → $10.3B, FY2000–FY2024) while the murder clearance rate averaged 56% in 2020–2024, down from 63% in 2000–2004. It fell to 52% in 2022 and recovered to 61% in 2024; about four in ten murders still go unsolved.
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Protect the nation from cyber-based threats
CISA's budget (NPPD before FY2019) grew 87% ($1.53B → $2.87B) while reported cybercrime losses exploded 1,409% ($1.1B → $16.6B). Complaints nearly tripled. Reported losses grew about 16x faster than the cyber-defense budget.
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Fulfill Lincoln's promise — to care for those who have served
Budget authority rose 616% ($45B in FY2000 → $325B in FY2024) while veteran suicides stayed roughly flat at ~6,100–6,700/year (6,149 in 2005; 6,398 in 2023). The money grew but the deaths didn't shrink.
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Protect the nation's transportation systems
Graded on checkpoint firearm discoveries, which rose sixfold (1,123 in 2010 → 6,678 in 2024) while the budget went from $1.2B (FY2002) to $10.9B (FY2024). The count tracks how many passengers carry guns as much as how well TSA screens. DHS Inspector General covert tests in 2015 got simulated weapons and explosives past checkpoints in 67 of 70 attempts (95%).
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Provide leadership on food, agriculture, and natural resources
About $400 billion in direct farm payments from 2000 to 2024 (USDA ERS) while the number of farms fell 13% and food prices rose 97%. Subsidies flow to megafarms while small farms die.
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Create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities
HUD's discretionary budget authority rose from $21.1B (FY2000) to $70.4B (FY2024), up 234%. Homelessness fell about 15% from 2007 to its 2016 low, then reversed. The 2024 count (771,480) is the highest ever recorded; 2025 was 745,652.
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Lead America's foreign policy through diplomacy and sanctions
Not graded: Treasury publishes only two points for the sanctions list. OFAC's list grew from 912 designations in 2000 to 9,421 in 2021 (+933%) with no evidence of regime change. Sanctions punish populations, not leaders.
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Ensure safe and healthful working conditions
Workplace fatality rate declined from 4.3 (2000) to 3.3 (2024) per 100,000 workers (a 23% drop; BLS changed its rate method in 2008) while OSHA's budget rose from $382M to $632M. However, the rate was already declining at the same pace before OSHA existed (from 61 per 100K in 1900 to 18 in 1970).
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Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities
IRS operating costs were flat in nominal terms from FY2010 ($12.4B) to FY2018 ($11.7B) while the gross tax gap doubled from $345B (TY2001) to $696B (TY2022 projection). The individual audit rate fell from 1.11% (FY2010) to 0.59% (FY2018); the IRS has examined about 0.3% of individual returns for tax years 2019–2021. IRA funding raised operating costs to $18.2B in FY2024.
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Promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates
The dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power since the Fed was created. The economy grew faster without it (3.8% vs 2.7%). Canada had zero bank failures during the Great Depression without a central bank. The Fed's balance sheet went from $0.9T (end of 2007) to a peak of $9.0T (April 2022) — printing money that went to the top 1%.
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On a well-run planet, agencies are graded in real time and replaced when they fail. Here is what that looks like.
Optimized Governance