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THE WAR ON WASTE - Rumsfeld Says 2.3 Trillion Dollars Missing
CBS News ^
| January 29, 2002
| By Vince Gonzales
Posted on 02/01/2002 2:41:48 PM PST by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
That's more money GONE than Bush's TAX CUT!
To: Uncle Bill
Where has Vince Gonzales, CBS News, been for the last eight years?
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posted on
02/01/2002 2:51:17 PM PST
by
kcvl
To: OKCSubmariner; Askel5; Donald Stone
Government credit cards: 3.1 million and growing along with abuses"AP reported last month that 1.8 million credit cards used by Pentagon employees wracked up nearly $9 billion in debt in 2000. One bank alone was forced to write off $58 million in fraudulent or abusive purchases by military personnel."Courting the Presidential Con
"Felonies? Yes, felonies. Trillions are missing from federal agencies. That's right, gone. Poof! As in, "Nowhere to be found." People familiar with government accounts have charged off the record that in 1996 a concerted and intentional effort began with the support of the Office of Management and Budget and Treasury to strip agencies of honest officials and internal financial controls."
GAO Reports Allege Pentagon Fraud - Conservartive News Service
"The Pentagon's bookkeeping "is the taxpayers' worst nightmare, but it's an embezzler's dream come true,"
Pentagon Defied Laws and Misused Funds, Panel Reports
"Representative Jerry Lewis, Republican of California and chairman of the committee's defense spending panel, said the Pentagon's actions showed its belief "that it can even move money to a program Congress has closed down, maybe presuming, 'Oh, well, nobody will know.' "
To: Uncle Bill
Waste? Yeah, how P.C. I think a merchant term is more appropriate - "shrinkage"
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posted on
02/01/2002 2:59:41 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Uncle Bill
I always knew that we pay way too much in taxes even with what the Government says and that some people were stealing it.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:01:06 PM PST
by
weikel
To: Uncle Bill
not says I meant spends.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:01:28 PM PST
by
weikel
To: Uncle Bill
I wonder how much the civilian parts steal given that the military is more honest in most respects.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:02:44 PM PST
by
weikel
To: Uncle Bill,seattlesue,Benighted
You know.....rather than trying to find the wasteful, corrupted, utterly useless department of our government, it would be a hell of a lot easier to try to produce 1!!!
Everytime you turn around, there's another GAO report showing just how egregious these bureaucrats are at not meeting their own goals!
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:04:20 PM PST
by
Rowdee
To: Uncle Bill
STEALING is not "waste" --- check Cohen's accounts first.
To: Uncle Bill
Well, why wouldn't they move money....sheesh, if the Department of Interior can move money around for the biological surveys Babbling Babbitt wanted, why can't DOD do the same thing!!
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:06:54 PM PST
by
Rowdee
To: Shermy
What is your thought that possibly some of this money has been siphoned off to go to other "fundings" that the American people are not aware of? I am thinking of secret companies/groups that may be "underground". These groups may or may not be legitimate. I am recalling the book: Bush, Clinton and the CIA.
To: Uncle Bill
The WAR ON WASTE.....the one war no politician or bureaucrat will ever WAGE!
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:09:23 PM PST
by
Rowdee
To: Uncle Bill
Does anybody seriously think that the Clinton's only took furniture and art work on their way out?What about all those underlings with average paying jobs having to hire high priced Attorneys to help them escape Clinton culpability?
Sure do hope we don't turn to the General Accounting Office with David (Arthur Anderson) Walker tasked to try and find the money.
Can everybody spell Offshore Accounts?
To: jcmfreedom
Yeah that too, but mostly to corrupt contractors.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:15:14 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
Surely you're not suggesting that ALGore's efforts the past 8 years were less than perfect?
To: Uncle Bill
bumping for later reading
To: Uncle Bill
Wonder when Enron got those contracts. Wonder why whistle blowers who are supervising the payout of MY money, of YOUR money and eveyone else's are PUNISHED???? This makes me so damn mad. I want a full out investigation, I want all WHISTLEBLOWERS PROMOTED and I want heads to roll. Even if those heads are retired now. 2.3 TRILLION DOLLARS? Infuriating.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:22:08 PM PST
by
Republic
To: Rowdee
The WAR ON WASTE.....the one war no politician or bureaucrat will ever WAGE!.....Here we go again. More $600 toilet seats and screw drivers. Regardless of what administration is in power, this kind of stuff is talked about but never addressed. Bush wants more money for the military? Let em' find in in the WASTE basket.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:28:00 PM PST
by
orfisher
To: Uncle Bill
That 2.3 trillion dollars is NOT missing. It's in Hillary Clinton's campaign account in the Bahamas.
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posted on
02/01/2002 3:28:05 PM PST
by
Magician
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