GSA vegas conference smokescreen - gov't fighting over 800K

[smithtg]

Anybody feel all this stupid news about the 800K on this conference is just MSM smokescreen?

I mean the GSA hacks should not have "lived it up", but the news, inquiries etc make them out to be criminals. Probably for some of those people they look at the same white walls year round like many of u s. How much money are the DC investigations costing the taxpayers? All the staffers, congressman, electricity, correspondence etc has to be way over 800K. Ive been to private company 'events' that are just as 'lavish' and nobody blinks an eye. Again that doesnt mean the GSA should be having huge parties, but in some regards its cultural and they want to 'feel' like their equivalents in private industry. Vegas makes huge money on these events as do many other towns. Goto the RNC convention, I bet you will find larger more lavish parties easily.

How about cracking open the waste at the DOE, or at the Pentagon. That is where some of the leeches live? Maybe the boondoggles the state department takes? 800K is chump change at those agencies easily

This stuff gets me pissed to no end. The MSM is worthless and so are the losers in DC wasting money investigating it. Fire them all and give up the policing

[truthspeaker]

Okay, here is a clip from the hearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGxuZ-nCVoM

Here is the GSA Exec. pleading the fifth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGgXTdO2bYE

He later ran away from reporters.

[smithtg]

and panetta jets home on weekends at 800K per year

Irony? heck yeah...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/panetta-regrets-expense-of-his-weekend-trips-to-california-home-says-hes-looking-for-savings/2012/04/16/gIQAyDz2LT_print.html

[truthspeaker]

Oh brother, another example of this and gov't waste. This is the video the media's talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcQcn6-bIs&feature=relmfu

[smithtg]

lets not forget michelle's "staff" at a rough cool million a year

http://m.factcheck.org/2009/08/michelle-obamas-staff/

[HOLLYWOOD]

lets not forget michelle's "staff" at a rough cool million a year

http://m.factcheck.org/2009/08/michelle-obamas-staff/I thought it was over $2 million now? We know fact check.org is a liberal spam machine and protectorant

[thoughtomator]

you people have NO idea of the epic level of financial malfeasance at GSA, it is so bad you can't really fully grasp it until you have witnessed it firsthand

[WilliamC]

Any and all exposure of government corruption is good, yes this is small amounts of money and yes the rot and criminal actions extend way past the bureaucrats into the ranks of the elected officials and beyond, but maybe someone will turn on someone else and get the ball rolling to have the whole lot of them indicted, arrested, tried, convicted and jailed for their malfeasance in office.

[smithtg]

I thought it was over $2 million now? We know fact check.org is a liberal spam machine and protectorant

yeah its still funny when they even admit she has 20+ staff, of course they try to compare it to laura bush

[tod evans]

you people have NO idea of the epic level of financial malfeasance at GSA, it is so bad you can't really fully grasp it until you have witnessed it firsthand

When I was in the Navy (late 70's) the GSA was out of control......Pretty safe bet it hasn't gotten better..

Realistically though GSA is only a drop in the bucket.

[smithtg]

Any and all exposure of government corruption is good, yes this is small amounts of money and yes the rot and criminal actions extend way past the bureaucrats into the ranks of the elected officials and beyond, but maybe someone will turn on someone else and get the ball rolling to have the whole lot of them indicted, arrested, tried, convicted and jailed for their malfeasance in office.

wishful thinking. leeches will always be leeches

[tod evans]

Any and all exposure of government corruption is good, yes this is small amounts of money and yes the rot and criminal actions extend way past the bureaucrats into the ranks of the elected officials and beyond, but maybe someone will turn on someone else and get the ball rolling to have the whole lot of them indicted, arrested, tried, convicted and jailed for their malfeasance in office.

Jailed by whom?

Remember the "Just-Us" system?

Even federal employees know about biting the hand that feeds them.