[GailA]

btt

[Phantom Lord]

The Department of Defense, whose $735 billion cost for 2001

Is this number right? I thought the defense budget was closer to $300 Billion.

[kcordell]

I'm not surprised one bit. When the Republicans took back Congress in '94 they hired an auditor to go over Congressional books. After 13 months they gave up. They said it couldn't be done.

[mattdono]

And we are calling for the executives at Enron, Adelphia, and WorldCom to go to jail?

WorldCom: 3.8 Billion - Whacky Accounting Procedure
Department of Education: 6.0 Billion - Totally Missing

Which is more criminal?

[Gritty]

While the DOJ is putting a ton of fat-cat execs in jail (deservedly) for lying and fraud, they should use the same accounting and punishment yardsticks on the Feds. It's only "fair".

But, don't hold your breath. Many of these would be sitting congressmen or senators, and would also include most major Clinton appointees, including Slick himself.

So, let the pogrom by the Media and the Usual Suspects proceed against corporate CEOs and their minions. That can be more easily be blamed on Republican Corporate Greed and be used as political capital for the next election!

[WindMinstrel]

Why should they bother to reconcile their books when they can just raise taxes?

[Uncle Bill]

Government Fails Fiscal-Fitness Test

U.S. Federal Government Accounting Methods

$3,400,000,000,000(Trillion) of Taxpayers' Money Is Missing

The War on Waste - Rumsfeld Says 2.3 Trillion Dollars Missing

1.1 Trillion Dollars Missing At Defense Department

HUD Missing 59 Billion

Billions Lost By Feds

Cooking The Books At The Department Of Education

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Bush Pushes Prison For Corporate Scammers

"We've had too many cases of people abusing their responsibilities, and people just need to know that the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] is on it, our government is on it," - George W. Bush