900 Billion so far spent in Iraq, as well as
700 Billion to bailout Wall Street. additionally, look at the wasted tax dollars documented by our government.
and Bush claims to be a
fiscal conservative ?
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION-$142 Million wasted on reconstruction projects that were either terminated or canceled. [Special Inspector General for Iraq, 7/28/08]
-“Significant” amount of U.S. funds for Iraq funneled to Sunni and Shiite militias. [GAO Comptroller, 3/11/08]
-$180 Million payed to construction company Bechtel for projects it never finished. [Federal audit, 7/25/07]
-$5.1 Billion in expenses for Iraq reconstruction charged without documentation. [Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction report, 3/19/07]
-$10 Billion in spending on Iraq reconstruction was wasteful or poorly tracked. [GAO, 2/15/07]
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Halliburton overcharged the government $100 Million for one day’s work in 2004. [Project on Government Oversight, 10/8/04]
KATRINA-Millions wasted on four no-bid contracts, including paying
$20 Million for an unusable camp for evacuees. [Homeland Security Department Inspector General, 9/10/08]
-$2.4 Billion in contracts doled out by FEMA that guaranteed profits for big companies. [Center for Public Integrity investigation, 6/25/07]
-An estimated
$2 Billion in fraud and waste — nearly 11 percent of the $19 billion spent by FEMA on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as of mid-June. [New York Times tally, 6/27/06]
-“Widespread” waste and mismanagement on millions for Katrina recovery, including at least
$3 Million for 4,000 beds that were never used. [GAO, 3/16/06]
DEFENSE CONTRACTS-
A $50 Million Air Force contract awarded to a company with close ties to senior Air Force officers, in a process “fraught with improper influence, irregular procedures, glaring conflicts of interest.” [Project on Government Oversight, 4/18/08]
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$1.7 Billion in excessive fees and waste paid by the Pentagon to the Interior Department to manage federal lands. [Defense Department and Interior Department Inspectors General audit, 12/25/06]
-$1 Trillion unaccounted for by the Pentagon, including 56 airplanes, 32 tanks, and 36 Javelin missile command launch-units. [GAO, 5/18/03]
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