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So it's having that immediacy of a public forum is, I think, a lot smarter than relying on quotes from candidates and hoping that when they go to the Capitol, whether federal or state or what have you, that they're actually doing the job of representing the people and not special interests.

So what has happened? And I don't know if you've added this into your repertoire, but OpenTheBooks.com, and I haven't had them on for a little while.

I need to get them on.

But they have gotten the payroll of thousands and thousands of entities.

And if you're a naysayer, we put you right to the head of the list at 866-439-5277.

Send your emails to talk at LarsLarson.com. And join me in welcoming Jeremy Portnoy, investigative journalist at OpenTheBooks.com. Jeremy, good to have you back.

Good to be back, Lars.

So how much of our taxpayer money is being spent without any kind of accountability at all, according to the government itself?

So I wouldn't say it came up with a ton of opposition.

It just moved very slowly and wasn't really a priority for a long time.

I'm talking to Jeremy Portnoy, who's an investigative journalist at OpenTheBooks.com.

Please describe for my audience what the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act is, because I like this one even better.