Posted on 05/03/2017 7:45:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Is this FAKE news?
I just don’t recall Ben Carson making any claim to uncovering HUD Fraud.
Oh, well in that case, I guess half a trillion dollars in waste ain’t so bad, huh?
RE: Actually, the errors were discovered during an annual audit started in 2016 by HUDs Office of the Inspector General, which has been headed by David A. Montoya since December 2011.
1) The ERRORS EXISTED. That cannot be downplayed.
2) The title should have been this to be more accurate: “It was not Ben Carson who discovered HUD errors”
The headline if read by a careless reader, would give the impression that there were no HUD errors at all. There seems to be a sly attempt to downplay the severity of this accounting scandal.
1) The ERRORS EXISTED. That cannot be downplayed.
2) The title should have been this to be more accurate: It was not Ben Carson who discovered HUD errors
The headline if read by a careless reader, would give the impression that there were no HUD errors at all. There seems to be a sly attempt to downplay the severity of this accounting scandal.
I like Dr. Ben Carson. He should assist that agency in a steady and good way.
He will of course follow up on problems that happened before his arrival.
“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
William Blake
Yea, cause we all thought Dr. Carson was a forensic accountant in his spare time
So the head of HUD was using monies from HUD to help fund ObamaCare you will probably find out...
OH, and don't try to ‘smear’ Dr. Ben Carson's name, what he will do with HUD will made a College Professor look like a First Grader!!!
Fact Check: FactCheck.org is a joke.
RE: Yea, cause we all thought Dr. Carson was a forensic accountant in his spare time
Joking aside, I take issue with the title of this fact Check piece: “Ben Carson Didnt Find HUD Errors”
A quick glance by someone would give the FALSE impression that there were NO HUD ACCOUNTING ERRORS.
The article in fact tells us that it was NOT CARSON who found the errors.
OK, but so what? The SCANDAL STILL EXISTS!
We ought to audit every single Federal Government department ( let’s start with the IRS ) to find similar errors.
I bet you will find them in EVERY department.
Why are liberals so intent on down playing this?
Simple: THEY WANT MORE MONEY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and they are afraid that scandals like this will give good reason to SLASH the Federal budget ( which we should ).
Fact check my butt -
This report would not have been released if Ben Carson wasn’t there.
Liberals are prohibited by the US Code of Liberals and Extremists section 502.1 from crediting Carson with any accomplishment. Doesn’t fit the meme that he is to be ridiculed (see SNL) and is not suitable to do the job.
Officials at HUD fixed $3.4 billion in errors from its 2015 books and $516.4 billion in errors from its 2016 books after the IG in December was unable to issue an opinion on either year's financial statements and highlighted 11 material weaknesses, seven significant deficiencies and five instances of failure to comply with laws and regulations.These same problems have been reported for three straight years by the IG.
After Carson released the audit, a number of rightie bloggers credited Carson.
MSM SILENT: Ben Carson Finds $500 BILLION in Fraud - Gateway Pundit (Hoft)
Ben Carson Uncovers Massive Fraud at HUD...It's Bad - The Washington Feed
WOW: With Ben Carson At HUD, Billions Of Obama Fraud Uncovered - American Lookout
The OP is three-weeks old news too. Tempest in a teapot. Righties fake news too, duh.
Regardless of who found what, does anybody doubt that, under a Dem administration, the report would have been buried?
This was a preemptive "finding".
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Dr. Ben Carson Finds Half TRILLION Dollars in Errors While Auditing Obamas Housing Agency
hannity.com ^ | 4/6/2017 | unknown / FR Posted by rktman
Dr. Ben Carson has discovered over $500 billion (that's with a 'B') in errors and accounting mistakes during his audit of the Obama administrations Housing and Urban Development budget. One of Dr. Carsons first orders after being confirmed as the Secretary of HUD was a thorough audit of the agency, which has been accused of fraud and over-budgeted projects throughout the entire Obama administration. What did the auditors find? Over $520 billion in budgetary mistakes and clerical errors. (Excerpt) Read more at hannity.com ...
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The spin was errors discoversed shortly after Carson took over. I remember reading it and lots og winning posts were made. I don recall Carson making that claim for himself.
Obama Siphoned off GSE Dividends To Prop Up OBAMACARE
ZeroHedge ^ | April 2, 2017 / FR Posted on by Zakeet
Earlier this month, Harvard Ph.D. Jerome Corsi of InfoWars (@jerome_corsi) and a CPA "who worked for two years for a major U.S. accounting firm as an outside auditor for Freddie Mac," confirmed a 2012 scheme hatched by the Obama administration.
The audacious looting involved funnelling hundreds of billions in dividends from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up the failing Obamacare program - by paying subsidies to insurers to remain in the system. [Snip]
The conclusion reached by Corsi and others is that this was probably illegal. In fact, House Republicans actually sued the Obama Administration in 2014 over the fact that the subsidies to insurers weren't appropriated by congress and won, which the Obama administration appealed.
Zerohedge and the Atlanta Journal Constitution pointed out last week, the Trump administration has until May 22nd to decide whether or not to pursue the appeal: (Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
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