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Mon Nov-03-03 07:32 PM
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Another News Blackout? How Many Hundred Billion Is Hud Missing? |
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Catharine(sp?) Austin Fitts.
Trial was supposed to start last wed.
Did the trial start? No News Reports.
Anybody know anything about this?
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Mon Nov-03-03 08:08 PM
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1. For the sixth straight year, the GAO was unable to render an opinion |
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Edited on Mon Nov-03-03 08:15 PM by jmcgowanjm
The Comptroller General described the financial management problems at DOD as "pervasive, complex, long-standing, and deeply rooted in virtually all business operations throughout the department." Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has placed a great emphasis on improving financial performance at DOD. However, until DOD solves their financial problems and receives a clean opinion, the entire Federal government's financial statement will continue to be unreliable.
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Mon Nov-03-03 08:11 PM
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2. Congressman Hilleary was aware that there was $3.3T missing |
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Edited on Mon Nov-03-03 08:17 PM by jmcgowanjm
Congressman Hilleary confirmed that he was aware that there was $3.3 trillion missing at the DOD and HUD.
It is time to insist that all government contract budgets and contracts be fully disclosed and web accessible so that we can see whether the same corporations and banks that have devastated private savings are also responsible for raiding our public assets and savings and failing to perform on their contracts.
OOh, don't let NYAG Spitzer see this.
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Mon Nov-03-03 08:14 PM
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There is $3.3 Trillion Missing From HUD & DOD in FYs 1998-2000 by Catherine Austin Fitts http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/savingTenn.html#p1
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Mon Nov-03-03 08:20 PM
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4. Thank Goodness Clark Is Aiming To Cut Pentagon Funding |
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3.3 Trillion is NOT guys skimming money off to buy golf shoes in every color and yachts to match!
America's GDP is $10 Trillion... so the DOD lost about 1/3 of our country's purchasing power.
What did they do with it?
What did Ken Lay do with all that money?
What are they funding covertly?
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Mon Nov-03-03 08:29 PM
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5. And as I could say 100 times a day, |
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Edited on Mon Nov-03-03 08:30 PM by Minstrel Boy
where is the outrage???
A story like this, one thinks, should generate bipartisan horror.
On the other hand, a story like this, since it predates the Bush White House, probably has a good measure of bipartisan malfeasance.
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Mon Nov-03-03 09:28 PM
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6. 87 billion is probably only one year's interest on 3.3 trillion |
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how many houses could we build? how much alternative energy could we research? how many childern could we feed? how much money could we send to the poor around the world? This number is so huge-it makes me want to hurl
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