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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (165083)	7/27/2001 11:25:54 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

We are constantly criticizing Bush. You just don't hear it unless the criticism comes from the left.

To: ColtonGang who wrote (165083)	7/27/2001 11:26:52 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Why give the Pentagon more money........$9B Debt for Pentagon Employees Friday, July 27, 2001 WASHINGTON — Here's what a Pentagon infamous for buying overpriced toilets and hammers produced when it handed out credit cards to its employees: 10 million purchases, $9 billion in debt and plenty of examples of fraud. The fraud ranged from a soldier who spent $3,100 at a nightclub to an Army reservist's wife who went on a $13,000 shopping spree in Puerto Rico, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Congress intends to make the materials public next week. In the past two years alone, there have been more than 500 purchase fraud cases filed involving military credit cards, according to information gathered by Sen. Charles Grassley's office. One bank company has been forced to write off $59 million in fraudulent debts from military cards. ``In the past, Pentagon employees needed a phony invoice to trigger a fraudulent government check, but that obstacle is gone,'' Grassley, R-Iowa, said. ``Credit cards provide a shortcut to the cash pile. The Pentagon is giving everyone a big scoop shovel and telling them to rip into the national money sack at both ends.'' Reviews by Grassley; Rep. Steve Horn, R-Calif., chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on government efficiency; and the General Accounting Office found the Pentagon has inadequate controls on the cards it issues for official purchases or travel and also is slow to respond even in the face of fraud. Grassley said purchase credit cards, many with limits from $20,000 to $100,000, are being issued without credit checks on the employees receiving them and purchases are not being checked for legitimacy. ``There are no controls, no responsibilities, and no accountability,'' he said.