The GSA Thread

[volinbham]

Ironic that the hearings for the GSA scandal of wasting tax payers money occurs on tax day.

This is the poster child for government waste. Worse, those testifying are taking the 5th.

Predictably, the Obama administration blamed it on Bush

[rjd970]

The more I learn of this the more I get pissed. It is inexcusable and the fact that it is even possible to happen, at the GSA no less, is the poster child for gov waste and inefficiency.

[volinbham]

The picture of that a-hole Neely in the tub with wine juxtaposed with his taking the 5th is almost too much.

[volinbham]

Even the name tells you the agency is uneeded "General" Services Administration.

[rjd970]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Even the name tells you the agency is uneeded "General" Services Administration.

Exactly. If any specific service is "needed" then a specific agency is created, sometimes multiple ones.

Isnt the GSA supposed to oversee gov spending? Maybe that is the GAO, I don't know, they all run together.

[volinbham]

I think that's GAO. Honestly don't know what GSA does other than waste money

[myrobbins7]

Originally Posted by volinbham

I think that's GAO. Honestly don't know what GSA does other than waste money

+1. Pure waste.

[allvol123]

Originally Posted by volinbham

I think that's GAO. Honestly don't know what GSA does other than waste money

Just read the front page of their website. They offer a smorgasbord of vital services. They dress it up real nice. Very key words are used like- green, telework, sustainability, cloud solutions etc.

[milohimself]

Anybody up for a game of can you make bill oreilly pay $4 for a shrimp?

[golfballs]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Anybody up for a game of can you make bill oreilly pay $4 for a shrimp?

Wut

[milohimself]

GSA-holes - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 04/05/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

[volinbham]

So it looks like Harry Reid was pushing for government agencies to travel to Vegas.

Harry Reid Pushed to Allow Government Conferences in Vegas : Roll Call News

Reid and then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel exchanged letters in the summer of 2009, with Reid urging the administration to publicly support government meetings and conferences in cities like Las Vegas. Emanuel wrote to Reid that he agreed that “federal policy should not dictate the location where government events are held.”
Reid also solicited commitments from two dozen federal agencies to not discriminate against any city in choosing sites for their events and posted their letters of support to his Senate website. One of those agencies to write a letter to Reid was the GSA.

[BearCat204]

Ive worked with the government in some capacity since 1998 and I still dont know what the purpose of GSA truly is

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Ironic that the hearings for the GSA scandal of wasting tax payers money occurs on tax day.

This is the poster child for government waste. Worse, those testifying are taking the 5th.

Predictably, the Obama administration blamed it on Bush

They didn't "blame" it on Bush. They simply pointed out that the same problems existed under his administration. This was pointed out because various Republican sycophants had appeared on Fox and said, with no effort any providing any rationale, that this was Obama's fault.

Its neither a Dem nor a GOP problem, neither a Bush nor an Obama problem,. Its agency executives who completely lost their mind and suck moose dic* and all need to be fired.


I agree, though, that it is a poster child for crappy government bureaucrats.

[volinbham]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

They didn't "blame" it on Bush. They simply pointed out that the same problems existed under his administration. This was pointed out because various Republican sycophants had appeared on Fox and said, with no effort any providing any rationale, that this was Obama's fault.

Its neither a Dem nor a GOP problem, neither a Bush nor an Obama problem,. Its agency executives who completely lost their mind and suck moose dic* and all need to be fired.


I agree, though, that it is a poster child for crappy government bureaucrats.

But they did shift the blame - they inflated the numbers of past spending on trips and indicated this was a problem that ultimately was a pass along to them.

Interestingly too, the IG provided preliminary findings of this 11 months before the final report came out and the Obama admin took zero action.

Don't you ever get tired of this administration always finding a reason why something isn't there responsibility? Whatever happened to the buck stops here?