Remember the 2009 stimulus package? It was sold as $800 billion of shovel ready jobs, guaranteed to keep unemployment below 8%, and fast-track the American economy. We all know how that worked out. Here’s a little more evidence that no one wastes money like Uncle Sam.
West Virginia state auditors found widespread waste and
abuse of taxpayer money as government officials were implementing the Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).
This revelation isn’t new, but W. Virginia’s recent report sheds new
light on how well-intentioned programs go very wrong.
In short, West Virginia officials were buying $20,000
routers to interconnect libraries, community centers, and other public offices
using federal grant money. One library
in particular was the size of a small shed, yet boasted a $20,000 Cisco router. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but the
moral of the story is this: government should stop spending other’s people
money.
Read the whole story here.
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