Straight out of the jhmd playbook:
1) Make broad claim with no factual support whatsoever
2) Ignore any legitimate responses, still refuse to provide any factual support
3) Go with ad hominem attacks
Is it your belief that government organizations are responsible with their resources in each and every case, and without exception? If not, what does "whatsoever" mean in this context? If $17T in debt isn't per se mismanagement (and how could it not be?), we could begin with
this, follow with
this, and conclude with the fact that the federal government of the United States will spend twenty-five billion dollars this year maintaining abandoned properties. $70M per day to maintain properties they've actually
abandoned. BTW, that's an annual expense. #whatsoever
Are we done debating whether there is "no factual support whatsoever", or would you like a link to the fact that our government will spend millions of dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job? B/c if so, go
here.
More highlights:
8.A GAO audit classified nearly half of all purchases on government credit cards as improper, fraudulent, or embezzled. Examples of taxpayer-funded purchases include gambling, mortgage payments, liquor, lingerie, iPods, Xboxes, jewelry, Internet dating services, and Hawaiian vacations. In one extraordinary example, the Postal Service spent $13,500 on one dinner at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, including "over 200 appetizers and over $3,000 of alcohol, including more than 40 bottles of wine costing more than $50 each and brand-name liquor such as Courvoisier, Belvedere and Johnny Walker Gold." The 81 guests consumed an average of $167 worth of food and drink apiece.[
11.The Pentagon recently spent $998,798 shipping two 19-cent washers from South Carolina to Texas and $293,451 sending an 89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida.[11]
23.Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, "Girls Gone Wild" videos, and at least one sex change operation.[23]
49.The Conservation Reserve program pays farmers $2 billion annually not to farm their land.[49] (Standing offer: I'd be willing not to do it for half that; BOOM, one billion dollars in savings right there).
43.Lawmakers diverted $13 million from Hurricane Katrina relief spending to build a museum celebrating the Army Corps of Engineers -- the agency partially responsible for the failed levees that flooded New Orleans.[43]
38.Homeland Security employee purchases include 63-inch plasma TVs, iPods, and $230 for a beer brewing kit.[38]
39.Two drafting errors in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act resulted in a $2 billion taxpayer cost.[39]
None whatsoever, huh?
Millhouse: I'm happy to review a similar list from multinational companies. I conceded that private sector companies waste money too (as I did in the original post), but my point asks you, what is the structural incentive for a public sector organization to save money, year over year? I can show a dividend-receiving shareholder for a private company, with a vote on the board who elects senior management. Who is the peer of that person in the federal government? The voters? Srsly?