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General Accounting Office Details Billions in Federal Waste, Congress mostly to blame

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Can anyone remember a time the federal government didn't waste money... :thinking
 
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Jetboogieman said:
Can anyone remember a time the federal government didn't waste money... :thinking
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Exactly, so then why are so many looking to expand the size and scope of the Federal Govt? There is so much duplication and thus waste, fraud, and abuse. No wonder we have a 14.3 trillion dollar debt and still far too many want to expand the role of the Federal Govt. into things like Healthcare.
 
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There's change we can believe in, huh.
 
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Imagine what us lowly citizens couldve been able to do with that money if we were able to keep it instead of giving it to the Feds.
 
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The request for this report was a good move by the republicans. The report lists duplicate efforts across agencies that could certainly be consolidated without any real harm to the american public. I would love to see congress put these recommendations to a vetoproof up or down vote.
 
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megaprogman said:
The request for this report was a good move by the republicans. The report lists duplicate efforts across agencies that could certainly be consolidated without any real harm to the american public. I would love to see congress put these recommendations to a vetoproof up or down vote.
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that would require both sides to work together for the betterment of the country. What were you thinking????
 
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chevydriver1123 said:
Imagine what us lowly citizens couldve been able to do with that money if we were able to keep it instead of giving it to the Feds.
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Yeah. We could have bought our own turtle tunnels. Why involve the feds?
 
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General Accounting Office Details Billions in Federal Waste, Congress mostly to blame
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it's
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

welcome to the 21st century
 
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megaprogman said:
The request for this report was a good move by the republicans. The report lists duplicate efforts across agencies that could certainly be consolidated without any real harm to the american public. I would love to see congress put these recommendations to a vetoproof up or down vote.
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Interesting numbers from the U.S. Treasury showing the debt generated since the Congress was controlled by the Democrats since 2007

09/30/2010 13,561,623,030,891.79
09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48
 
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justabubba said:
it's
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

welcome to the 21st century
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I stand corrected, interesting numbers though, don't you think?
 
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Conservative said:
Interesting numbers from the U.S. Treasury showing the debt generated since the Congress was controlled by the Democrats since 2007

09/30/2010 13,561,623,030,891.79
09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48
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Yes, it shows in great detail the problems caused by the revenue shortfall due to the recession.
 
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megaprogman said:
Yes, it shows in great detail the problems caused by the revenue shortfall due to the recession.
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That plus the fact that the 2008 Bush budget was 2.9 trillion dollars and Obama has proposed a 3.7 trillion budget for 2011. Didn't Obama say he could fix the problem? Instead of fixing the problem he has really prolonged the crisis.
 
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Conservative said:
Interesting numbers from the U.S. Treasury showing the debt generated since the Congress was controlled by the Democrats since 2007

09/30/2010 13,561,623,030,891.79
09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48
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It's all Dubbya's fault!
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Sorry... I was channeling liberals...
 
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