In reply to DLC.

DLC,

I'm not sure where you read this, but even the FTC's own website will show you this isn't true. The YOY appropriation has gone down 3 times since 2000, 2011 (down $1M from 2010), 2015 (down $5M from 2014), and 2018 (down $7M from 2017).

Over that same amount of time, the amount of money yearly appropriated to the FTC has nearly tripled from $125M in 2001, to $430M in 2023. Even in just the last four years the appropriation has grown 33% from $310M in 2019 to $430 in 2023.