When Hurricane Katrina victims move out of FEMA trailers, FEMA is permitted to sell the used trailers to the public. But the law requires FEMA to use the proceeds from these sales to buy new trailers or give the money back to the Treasury.
So what did FEMA do? FEMA illegally squandered $13,000,000 it got from selling the trailers on snazzy FEMA decals, swanky SUV's, GPS systems, and tree removal services.
Damn. That's a lot of FEMA decals!
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) said, "Once again, FEMA has proven to be a poor steward of taxpayer money. In order to regain the public's trust, FEMA must ensure that this type of wasteful spending never occurs again." But FEMA says the trailer proceeds went to helping hurricane victims?
Yeah, I'm sure those decals really helped.
And where are the SUV's and GPS devices going? They're obviously not going to the hurricane victims.
This follows a 2006 congressional investigation that revealed that the Department of Homeland Suckyurity (of which FEMA is a part) pissed away hundreds of thousands of dollars on goodies for its own personnel like iPods, designer jackets, and beer-making equipment.
So while thousands of people are still digging out from the hurricane, the DHS is busy making beer and getting drunk! And at the taxpayers' expense, no less!
(Source: http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/FEMA_misspent_money_from_trailer_sa_02192008.html)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
FEMA wastes trailer sale money
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I very rarely disagree with this blog. In fact, I consider the wisdom you have shared with us on a daily basis ever since the day the tire factory shut down and your ex-wife took half of your pension to be almost like gospel. But you're saying buying beer-making equipment is wasteful? I like Barack Obama, even though he married an unpatriotic woman, but if this is what he's putting in his campaign literature I'll seriously have to consider giving the board of elections a call and tell them I want to change my vote. I can understand why you sympathize with Senator Obama though. Michelle's going take half his pension too some day when she divorces him.
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