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2006-12-07 Home Front Economy

U.S. hurricane aid fraud likely tops $1 bln

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And efforts to prevent further fraud are costing more than that each year in increased 'overhead' of the bureaucracy administering the recovery programs. I see so little money getting down to the individuals affected by the storms that the whole effort seems pointless. Just fly a C-130 over town and shovel dollar bills out the back - it will be more efficient. And probably less corrupt too. (Or Plan B: don't do anything - probably also more efficient and less corrupt, and a whole lot more sensible.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-07 07:39|| 2006-12-07 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 You'd have to shovel out $100 bills to fit a billion bucks in a C-130. Even then volume might be a problem.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-07 08:35|| 2006-12-07 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Georgie's old man was hammered by the Donks and the MSM for being too slow to respond to Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Now George is going to take hits for being too quick and too slow. If you want it fast you get big time corruption because the accountability mechanisms of bureaucracy are the ones shortcuts for speed.

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-07 08:46|| 2006-12-07 08:46|| Front Page Top

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