Rat, you dummy. This is a money site. If you want to stop things, show them how much it costs. Tell them Pat be spending too much money...
How Much Does It Cost? Fitzgerald v. Starr
by Armando
Mon Oct 24, 2005 at 08:47:17 AM PDT
A comparison worth considering. To date Fitzgerald has spent:
In its first 15 months, the investigation cost $723,000, according to the Government Accountability Office.
In his "investigation," Ken Starr spent:
The figures show that Starr's office, through the end of November 1998, had spent $40,835,000. That includes $27,749,000 in direct expenses from independent counsel appropriations and $13,086,000 in unreimbursed expenses incurred by other government agencies.
Those figures do not include costs incurred by Starr's predecessor, Robert Fiske, whose office spent about $6 million before Starr was appointed to lead the investigation.
The GAO's most recent report issued last September showed Starr had spent $33.5 million through March 31st, 1998, after taking over for Fiske in 1994.
So, to be charitable to Starr, he spent about $10 million a year while, again to be charitable to Starr (counting 15 months as a year), Fitzgerald spent $700,000 a year.
Sure, Fitzgerald and his team are paid by the government but my gawd, $13 million in expenses not related to the lawyers' time? How much in fees? Tens of millions? Sheesh, Starr fleeced the Republicans if you think about it.
That's a lot of graft with nothing to show for it.
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