This is NOT chump change...and what I have been pounding on!
Greta Van Susteren | December 30, 2010 9:05 AM
All fall long I have been pounding and pounding and pounding our Members of Congress about WASTE! How can we begin to know how much money we need (tax revenue) when we don't even bother to do an inventory about waste. If we cleaned up the waste we would need less money for our government...I don't know how much less, but I do know less. And yes, of course it would also help if we had a budget to figure out how much we need but I will leave that for another posting on another day.
The pounding I did all fall long must have at least impinged upon some in Congress. For instance I pounded Senator Mary Landrieu about waste and why our politicians won't follow through and get rid of it and she went to the Senate Floor and invoked my name (in a good way) about the topic of waste. I was flattered but disappointed - my pounding got a Senate Floor mention but nothing has changed or will change. I would much have preferred to change than a shout out.
Every time anyone runs for office, he or she says he will clean up the waste and fraud.. They say that to get our vote...and then what happens? nothing!
Below is a perfect example of fraud - an audit shows that one of our best government agencies (if not the best), the CDC "misplaced" $8 million in equipment. (And yes, I hope "misplaced" is not a nice code word for "stealing.") I wonder what the number is for some of our really lousy agencies? (Who can forget the SEC that completely blew protecting investors from Bernie Madoff and meanwhile some SEC lawyers were downloading porn onto government computers...ugh)
Sure 8 million dollars seems a bit like chump change when we are daily talking trillions in government spending and borrowing ...but imagine what 8 million would do for your community...your school...your police department...your fire department...or your bank account!
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