Wednesday the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a bill permitting state and local governments to divert 0.5% of their stimulus construction appropriations from funding projects to "protect against wasteful spending," meaning the hiring of more government employees to record and report on how the cash is spent. When was the last time hiring more government employees to prevent fraud and waste actually prevented any fraud or waste?
Friday, May 8, 2009
blog comments powered by Disqus