red states rule
04-13-2013, 08:26 AM
Looks like the employees in Obama's DOJ are living high off the US taxpayer
While we are told how broke the US government is, and how dreadful those "cuts" will be - check out of DOJ workers are living it up and sending the bill to taxpayers for payment
DOJ Spent $100 Million On Conferences In One Year
Before the sequester took effect Attorney General Eric Holder went out and warned the American people that our safety would be at risk if the budget for the Department of Justice was cut. What he didn’t tell us is how much money the department wastes every year (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/goodlatte-excessive-waste-department-of-justice-89825.html#ixzz2Q3NxLuF9). Despite having four empty federal prisons, they bought another prison in Illinois for $165 million that’s now sitting empty and costing $6 million a year to maintain. They also spend $1.5 million a year to work with Hollywood. And in 2010 alone, they spent $100 million on conferences, according to Rep. Bob Goodlatte.
The House Judiciary Committee has examined recent spending trends at the DOJ and has found several examples of wasteful and duplicative spending, all of which are paid for by taxpayers. …
In addition, the DOJ staff hosted numerous conferences around the country. In 2010 alone, the department spent nearly $100 million on conferences, which is twice what was spent two years earlier. This includes more than $600,000 in event-planner costs for five conferences, even though the need for this was not shown.
The food at these conferences was also exorbitant. For example, coffee and tea cost from 62 cents to $1.03 an ounce. At the $1.03-per-ounce price, a 12-ounce cup of coffee would have cost $12.36!
And that’s not all (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/goodlatte-excessive-waste-department-of-justice-89825_Page2.html). They’ve spent millions on luxury travel, and $10,000 in federal funds sent to a police department in Connecticut was spent on a pizza party! Oh but sure, we’re supposed to believe there’s no room in the budget for cuts.
http://lonelyconservative.com/2013/04/doj-spent-100-million-on-conferences-in-one-year/?
and we have these examples of spending
Anyone want to buy an empty prison? Despite the clear disapproval from Congress, in October 2012, the Department of Justice purchased an unused prison in Illinois. DOJ spent $165 million to purchase this prison, even though the Bureau of Prisons already had four brand new federal prisons waiting to be put to use. In addition to the initial $165 million, this unauthorized purchase continues to cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. It has been estimated that it will cost $6 million a year to secure the empty prison and another $70 million before it is even operational.
How do you feel about your tax dollars going to make TV shows or movies? The FBI has its own Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit that is dedicated to helping Hollywood make movies and TV shows. In January 2013, the FBI announced that it had partnered with USA Network to create a website tie in for the television show “White Collar”.
Chairman Goodlatte continued, “The Committee will methodically examine the Department of Justice for waste, fraud and abuse. America simply can’t afford this kind of spending. It is essential that the federal government work to both eliminate every cent of waste and squeeze every cent of value out of each dollar our citizens entrust to it and Department of Justice officials are failing in that responsibility. In the coming weeks the Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing to examine the full extent of the waste and redundancy at the Department of Justice.”
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/2013/03252013.html
While we are told how broke the US government is, and how dreadful those "cuts" will be - check out of DOJ workers are living it up and sending the bill to taxpayers for payment
DOJ Spent $100 Million On Conferences In One Year
Before the sequester took effect Attorney General Eric Holder went out and warned the American people that our safety would be at risk if the budget for the Department of Justice was cut. What he didn’t tell us is how much money the department wastes every year (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/goodlatte-excessive-waste-department-of-justice-89825.html#ixzz2Q3NxLuF9). Despite having four empty federal prisons, they bought another prison in Illinois for $165 million that’s now sitting empty and costing $6 million a year to maintain. They also spend $1.5 million a year to work with Hollywood. And in 2010 alone, they spent $100 million on conferences, according to Rep. Bob Goodlatte.
The House Judiciary Committee has examined recent spending trends at the DOJ and has found several examples of wasteful and duplicative spending, all of which are paid for by taxpayers. …
In addition, the DOJ staff hosted numerous conferences around the country. In 2010 alone, the department spent nearly $100 million on conferences, which is twice what was spent two years earlier. This includes more than $600,000 in event-planner costs for five conferences, even though the need for this was not shown.
The food at these conferences was also exorbitant. For example, coffee and tea cost from 62 cents to $1.03 an ounce. At the $1.03-per-ounce price, a 12-ounce cup of coffee would have cost $12.36!
And that’s not all (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/goodlatte-excessive-waste-department-of-justice-89825_Page2.html). They’ve spent millions on luxury travel, and $10,000 in federal funds sent to a police department in Connecticut was spent on a pizza party! Oh but sure, we’re supposed to believe there’s no room in the budget for cuts.
http://lonelyconservative.com/2013/04/doj-spent-100-million-on-conferences-in-one-year/?
and we have these examples of spending
Anyone want to buy an empty prison? Despite the clear disapproval from Congress, in October 2012, the Department of Justice purchased an unused prison in Illinois. DOJ spent $165 million to purchase this prison, even though the Bureau of Prisons already had four brand new federal prisons waiting to be put to use. In addition to the initial $165 million, this unauthorized purchase continues to cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. It has been estimated that it will cost $6 million a year to secure the empty prison and another $70 million before it is even operational.
How do you feel about your tax dollars going to make TV shows or movies? The FBI has its own Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit that is dedicated to helping Hollywood make movies and TV shows. In January 2013, the FBI announced that it had partnered with USA Network to create a website tie in for the television show “White Collar”.
Chairman Goodlatte continued, “The Committee will methodically examine the Department of Justice for waste, fraud and abuse. America simply can’t afford this kind of spending. It is essential that the federal government work to both eliminate every cent of waste and squeeze every cent of value out of each dollar our citizens entrust to it and Department of Justice officials are failing in that responsibility. In the coming weeks the Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing to examine the full extent of the waste and redundancy at the Department of Justice.”
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/2013/03252013.html