Wondering how those federal funds for Hurricane Katrina have been spent so far? So are some very vocal Democrats.
Congress approved a total of $62.3 billion as a down payment for reconstruction and other needs, but the accounting of the expenditures to date looks like something you’d expect from a Grade 10 bookkeeping student who missed most of his classes.
Check it out…
“Instead of telling us who is doing what and how, we got a few spreadsheets.”
The information provided by the administration lists broad allocations of funds for a range of government programs, such as $2.3 billion for “housing assistance,” $3.1 billion for “missions” under a category called “operations,” and $3.5 billion for “missions” under a category called “administration of field operations.”
Ummm…hmmm…Homeland Security poobahs were not available for comment.
Isn’t Rove supposed to be in charge of some of this hurricane relief stuff? Oops. He’s going to North Dakota to do some political fundraising. Senator Frank Lautenberg is not happy and he let Bush know it.
And, to add to the fun, “Obey and Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the Senate Appropriations Committee senior Democrat, have asked for details on credit card purchases by government officials.”
Those should be interesting, to say the least.
Most.inept.administration.ever.
I agree with the opinion of EJ Dionne. The Bush era is over.
That could describe a trip to the supermarket to pick up some paper towels.
Hell, it could describe a trip to the kitchen to get a paper towel.
Do you think the IRS would let you get away with those descriptions?
Excuse me while I laugh hysterically…
Yeah, I’ve got your “missions” right here. I KNEW this was bullshit when I read the bill — it required reports to congress every week starting 9/15 and I laughed my fucking ASS off.
Ron Paul might be a flake, but he’s my kind of flake — he knows a crock when he smells it.
the reality is that everyone is Washington has their pork. To question the pork of another is to jeopardize your own.
Witness the question posed to Pelosi and Hastert as to whether they are willing to give up the Highway bill pork in their own districts to pay for Katrina reconstruction. Pelosi said yes, if everyone else does. I think Hastert said yes also.
Wonder how strong they will be fighting when it comes down to it.
Now that the costs of Rita will be added on, I think there will be some serious arm-twisting going on in DC.
To hell with the arm twisting, I wan’t to see some ball twisting, some heads knocked together and other various and sundry means of kicking ass and taking names. Now is the time.
Don’t mess with brin.
LOL!
I’m pnly dangerous when confronted with murderous indifference, lethal stupidity or deadly greed.
Other than that, I’m quite pleasant to be around!
lol