Any contractor purchase under $250,000 DOES NOT need to be approved?

[in_cog_ni_to]

Oh REALLY?

Did you hear the man on C-SPAN this morning? He was a "get the Government out of our lives" kinda guy..didn't catch his name, nor do I know what his organization is. He said that the NOLA/Gulf coast contractors have been given CHARGE CARDS with Carte Blanche. ANY purchase under $250,000 does not need to be approved by ANYONE. No one has to sign off on the purchase. And we wonder why we have Billions of taxpayer's dollars missing in Iraq? THIS IS WHY. There's absolutely NO OVERSIGHT. NONE. Can you just imagine the fraud that's coming? Good grief.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. in the interest of cutting down on paperwork they cut down on oversight

It's a criminal's dream scenario.

[CBGLuthier]

2. Oh great, $249,999.99 hammers anyone nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. I'm thinking a brand spankin' new $498,000 house somewhere

$249,000 + $249,000 :grr: Who's to stop that kind of crap?

[Inland]

3. Worse than that.

It turns out the cards, when they had a $2500 limit, were showing up at strip clubs and restaurants.

Now, private businesses also have cards for their employees. HOWEVER all purchaes are assigned a "code" for the purchase type and it is possible to block certain types of purchases--if someone bothers.

But apparently, to block the entertainment and alcohol and restaurant codes is too much trouble.

CroneyCard. It Goes Where Bush Goes.

[BlueJac]

4. Big Spender Bush......

[sam sarrha]

6. means they can buy an office.. one room in a $250,000 house.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. BINGO. This is nothing but an invitation for FRAUD. n/t

[killbotfactory]

8. Bush is robbing us blind

He needs to be arrested

[Rex]

9. Just a matter of time now before the whole infrastructure falls apart.

I'm amazed we've lasted this long. 3 more years of corporate piracy?

[DS1]

10. The solution to our problems isn't throwing money at it

/Limbaugh

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Riiiight. Limpballs can just kiss my ass.

:grr: He's a HUGE part of the problem. What's his solution to our problems? Bastard. I can't wait until his ass is in jail.

[LaPera]

12. Fuck it! Live in a state with no sales tax, work for cash under the table

Rent! Save your money & buy property out of the country and retire!

Fuck paying any taxes to this fascist administration, taxes that just go to war, imperialism and to their greedy friends (Halliburton, Bechtel, GE, etc...) and nothing for the people that pay the taxes!!!