"As a retired Navy Dept. Civil Service employee, I can verify that there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY in the U.S. government. The Federal government does not KEEP BOOKS (accounting systems of checks and balances - i.e. debits and credits accounting records). All they do is keep RECORDS. Just like Congress - all these agencies deal with is the BUDGET. What is budgeted and what is spent are horses of another color. Of course, our State governments are in the same mess - as well as our Local governments. The Education Dept. all the way down to the Local School Boards (or should I say County Commissioners) have no idea on how to show any kind of "accountability" on how these appropriated funds are to be spent. THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL AMERICANS DEMAND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY?"
57 Posted on 09/10/2001 07:32:16 PDT by BusyBee