$3,400,000,000,000 (TRILLION) OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS MISSING

"There's a Republican in the White House, the U.S. House is still run by the GOP and the country is in a recession, but that didn't stop Congress and the president last year from passing 136 laws that will cost taxpayers $733 billion – more money than ever before."

Un freakin' believeable - You always seem to find and post some of the most obscure but interesting expose's on the government. This should be plasted all over the front page.

To me, this is probably the biggest threat to America - and it's the waste, corruption, mismanagement and unaccountablility right under our nose.

Awesome post - I just wish America would wake up and get our leaders to do something about it.

Not AGAIN!

A $21 Trillion Tax Cut

Uncle Bill, The size and scope does make it uncontrollable, I agree 100%.
We need to get all the fat out of the system.

In the process many people with make-work jobs in government will be fired.
Unfortunatly, this will cause a growth in unemployment benefits.

Some nights you can't win!

Bush's Trillions

NICE!

Ag Dept. seeks $100 million to find missing billions

Private businesses file bankruptcy, government just steals more money

Is Congress blindfolded on the Economy? - "come with me now to the inner sanctum of government decision making and let me show you one of Uncle Sam’s dirty little secrets. Officially, it’s called “scoring” but it would be more truthful to refer to it as “fortune telling.” They do it behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and in the federal bureaucracy. ...Now, here’s the dirty little secret – the JCT insists on using the static scoring method, even though there is growing professional, corporate, academic and political support for using dynamic scoring instead. In fact, all of the federal government’s tax scoring groups, including the Congressional Budget Office and the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis, doggedly stick with static scoring. Why? Because static scoring is a key tool Washington politicians use to keep taxes high and government spending growing."

"I don't have it, honest."

It doesn't matter skull. They know where they can keep getting more.

CONGRESS: America's Criminal Class:

From Wife-beaters To Drunk Drivers, Congress Is A Crime Wave, Study Says

September 2, 1999
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WASHINGTON, DC -- A new investigation reveals an astonishingly large number of wife-beaters, drunks, shoplifters, check-bouncers, business failures, and drug abusers in the U.S. House and Senate -- which ought to make Americans think carefully before turning to Washington, DC for moral leadership, the Libertarian Party said today.

"Mark Twain once said Congress may be America's only 'distinct criminal class' -- and this new study suggests he was correct," said Steve Dasbach, the party's national director. "If even half these charges are true, expecting Congress to serve as a moral role model is like asking Bill Clinton to serve as a poster boy for monogamy."

According to an investigation by Capitol Hill Blue, an online publication that covers federal politics, a remarkable number of U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators may have spent as much time in a jail cell as on Capitol Hill.

After researching public records, newspaper articles, civil court transcripts, and criminal records, Capitol Hill Blue discovered that:

29 members of Congress have been accused of spousal abuse.
7 have been arrested for fraud.
19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.
3 have been arrested for assault.
71 have credit reports so bad they can't qualify for a credit card.
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
21 are current defendants in lawsuits.
And in 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity.

Capitol Hill Blue did not list the names of all the individual members of Congress accused of the various crimes, but did note that some were "serial offenders" with extensive tracks records of fraud or violence.

For example, reported Capitol Hill Blue, Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) has a "long, consistent record of deceit," including tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills, allegations of bribery, and numerous lawsuits against her. And Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) faces charges that he beat his wife, has a history of barroom brawls while mayor of Alexandria, and has publicly stated that he likes "to hit people."

"With a rap sheet like that, you have to wonder why Americans expect Congress to solve the problem of crime -- since Congress seems to be causing so much crime," said Dasbach. "In fact, if this study is correct, the best way to cut crime may be to lock up Congress and throw away the key."

And given the obvious economic incompetence of so many Senators and Representatives, you have to wonder why voters trust them with the federal budget, he said.

"Here are politicians who routinely bankrupt businesses, write bad checks, engage in fraudulent practices, and have bad credit," said Dasbach. "That could explain why the country is more than $5 trillion in debt, why federal programs are so wasteful, and why taxes are always going up. Are these really the kind of economically illiterate people we want to trust with our money?"

If nothing else, said Dasbach, the Capitol Hill Blue investigation may help puncture the myth that Senators and Representatives are somehow superior to ordinary Americans, or better equipped to solve the nation's problems.

"By its very nature, politics tends to attract venal people who crave power, who want to control the lives of other people, and who think they are above the law," he noted. "This study makes that point clear -- and illustrates that when it comes to politicians, the only thing worse than their voting records are their criminal records."

List of Convicted Criminals Serving in Congress

American Indians Say Government Has Cheated Them Out of Billions - $137.2 billion - January 6, 2003
"For its part, the Interior Department filed a brief today that shows only how it intends to overhaul trust fund management and account for the money in the fund.

Over the last several years, Judge Royce C. Lamberth has come down hard on the side of the Indians, saying he has never seen greater government incompetence than the department has displayed in administering the Indians' money and in representing itself in court.

When the government appealed his 1999 order for a full accounting, the Court of Appeals resoundingly upheld Judge Lamberth and accused the department of "malfeasance."

I am going to write them a check to ASAP.

Perhaps it was funneled towards more "Assault Hammers" and "Anti-Terrorist Toilet Seats"?

Although if you calculated the total expense of keeping the frequent treatment for STDs accumulated during the Clinton administration when the raving syphilitic himself and his staff occupied the White House, we might have a clearer picture of what happened here.</p.

Arthur Andersen? Why do you thing Clinton appointed him? He needed someone to hide the Virtual Assets the evil dums had created.

Use invisible ink. They do. 8-)

Taxpayers, tax takers: Linda Bowles wants to scrap income levy, IRS entirely
"It is morally wrong to allow non-income taxpayers to vote to raise the income taxes of others -- and benefit from doing so. It is morally wrong in this sense: While most Americans would never dream of seizing money or property that belongs to a neighbor, many Americans see nothing wrong in giving government and politicians a mandate to do it for them.

Once we reach the point where those who depend and thrive on higher taxes and bigger government are in the majority, we will no longer be able to correct inequities and change course via the ballot box. The proponents of limited government, lower taxes and the Constitution will have lost.

The founders were horrified that something like this would happen in America."

"Arthur Andersen? Why do you thing Clinton appointed him? He needed someone to hide the Virtual Assets the evil dums had created."

The Justice Department has stated that help is on the way.

"Perhaps it was funneled towards more "Assault Hammers" and "Anti-Terrorist Toilet Seats"?

Worms.

"Tucked into an emergency-appropriations bill for homeland security is $2 million to ensure the safe storage of the Smithsonian's National Worm Collection and other specimens preserved in alcohol."

"And the government thinks it can spend my money wiser than I can."

Siphoning off Social Security For Illegal Aliens - ""illegal aliens from Mexico would also become eligible for Social Security benefits."

“And one of my promises is there’s going to be Social Security reform, and you bet we need to take a trillion dollars out of that $2.4 trillion surplus. Now, remember, Social Security revenue exceeds expenses up until 2015. People are going to get paid. But if you’re a younger worker, if you’re younger, you better hope this country thinks differently, otherwise you’re going to be faced with huge payroll taxes or reduced benefits. And you bet we’re going to take a trillion dollars of your own money and let you invest it under safe guidelines to get a better rate of return on the money than the paltry 2 percent that the federal government gets for you today. That’s one of my promises.” - George W. Bush

1. Social Security Reform: Give Illegal Aliens Money.

2. Surplus: There never was a surplus.

3. Let you: He's going to let you invest your money.

If you think Ashcroft is responsible for the missing money your sadly mistaken. Not EVERYONE that worked for AA is corrupt. If anything, the recent problems they have had may make them even more dilligent. To many eyes watching. It's not a good idea to smear everyone just because you don't like one person. If the actual people doing the review are corrupt then you have a point. but at least get their names and investigate. The fact remains these losses were amassed and an AA exec was hired before the Virtual assests BS was made public. A little sunlight kills a lot of germs.