The Admiral Shanahan has it exactly right. If the government doesn't keep accounts, how do they know how much they need for a department? The reason Rumsfield is looking for 2.3 trillion dollars is because they don't keep accounts. I say again, they don't keep accounts, period.
Another thing that most people don't know, the Federal Reserve does not keep accounts. I repeat, the Federal Reserve does not keep accounts such as your local bank does. You send your tax dollars into the bottomless pit called the Federal Reserve. They shovel out the checks for the government accounts as they are requested.
The Federal Reserve does not keep account of the various departments. I repeat, the Federal Reserve does not keep accounts of the various departments. The only conclusion that can be made is that our tax and budget process is one big scam.
Where do you think Arthur Andersen learned his accounting methods? He uses these methods in his work for the Federal government. He is the largest accounting contractor for the Federal government. Wake up America, you see in the Enron debacle. our monetary and tax system.