Bush Admin spent over $1.6 Billion on advertising and P.R. since 2003- GAO

[Roland99]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Bush_Admin._spent_over_1.6_Billion_0213.html

Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, and other senior Democrats released a new Government Accountability Office report finding that the Bush Administration spent more than $1.6 billion in public relations and media contracts in a two and a half year span.

"The government is spending over a billion dollars per year on PR and advertising," said Rep. Waxman. "Careful oversight of this spending is essential given the track record of the Bush Administration, which has used taxpayer dollars to fund covert propaganda within the United States."

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* The Administration spent $1.6 billion on contracts with advertising agencies ($1.4 billion), public relations firms ($197 million), and media organizations and individual members of the media ($15 million).

* The Department of Defense spent the most on media contracts, with contracts worth $1.1 billion. The Department of Health and Human Services spent more than $300 million on these contracts, the Department of Treasury spent $152 million, and the Department of Homeland Security spent $24 million during this period.

I guess those catapaults are getting more and more expensives.

[kentuck]

1. taxpayer money ?

The GOP should be sued to pay it back....every penny.

[bluemarkers]

2. my 16 year old

has received 5 slick brochures from various DOD groups. You know, the Marines, the Army, the National Guard.

I tell him about them, but he just wants me to throw them away. :) Thank Goodness he is not interested.

[Missy M]

3. I think they spent that on all of his backdrops alone.......

he has one for every stop he makes.

[Roland99]

4. They're gonna have to spent a crapload more now

This is turning into a very bad week for the * admin!

[Doctor_J]

5. On the upside, that's only 1/2 of what they waste in Iraq

EVERY THREE WEEKS. I'd like to say they spend like drunken sailors, but I've never seen a sailor that drunk.