2006-06-14
Freeloaders Fleece FEMA
I just read an interesting article. Here is just a snippet of it:WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of "Girls Gone Wild" videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.
The cards -- given to people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- also bought diamond jewelry and a vacation in the Dominican Republic, according to the Government Accountability Office audit.
The GAO uncovered records showing that $1,000 from a FEMA debit card went to a Houston divorce lawyer; $600 was spent in a strip club and $400 was spent on "adult erotica products, "all of which auditors concluded were "not necessary to satisfy legitimate disaster needs." (bolded by me for emphasis)
!!!!!!!
I am speechless.
Not surprised, just ... speechless.
The remainder of the article can be found here, for those who want to read the whole thing.
I think I'll just leave it at that.
Mitakuye Oyasin
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