burning money

Yes, more of our taxes dollars, up in smoke, hard at work.

As reported in Washington Free Beacon, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has released an audit last week, and apparently, millions of dollars were spent on unused computer software.

….In response to the audit, the IRS argued it did not waste $11.6 million. The agency admitted it did not use 5 of the 11 products, and said it had “no obligation to pay for them.”

However, TIGTA reported that when discussing the products with the agency, IRS management “agreed that these 11 products were paid for and were never deployed.”

The IRS could not provide documentation to back up their claim, TIGTA said.

The IRS could not provide documentation?

Just try pulling that on the IRS, if you are ever unfortunate enough to be audited.

Btw, if you really want to have a “head explosion” over wasted tax dollars, just Google “Coburn” (U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, R-OK) and “wasteful spending.”

Here are two of my “favorites,” from 2011:

• $550,000 for a documentary about how rock music contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

• $10 million for a remake of “Sesame Street” for Pakistan.

Seriously, you just cannot make this stuff up….

Related:

Business Insider: These Stunning Examples Of Government Waste Cost Taxpayers $16 Billion

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  1. Alain41 says:

    Q. Why does the Treasury Dept. hate counterfeiters?

    A. Because Treasury can’t tell the difference.

    Treasury now views printing of currency not as the base for American and World economic transactions, but as the printing of other people’s money, eg, counterfeiting, ie, you can’t waste what isn’t real. This was always the fear for both the going away from silver as backing for currency for the individual, and for the gold standard as backing for creditworthiness of a country.

  2. Maynard says:

    These people are psychologically incapable of comprehending that wealth must be created, and the makers of wealth must apply their brains and brawn to tasks that produce real goods and services. They think wealth just happens, and they can tap into it endlessly and without adverse consequences. Our political leaders are sick in the head; they need rehab but instead we give them power. As a nation, we enable and nurture this sickness, and punish the productive and functional. That says something troublesome about us.

  3. Kitten says:

    Hey Shifra, you think I can get a $500,000 grant to study why dogs go “nuts” over squirrels? If our Gigi spots one from the kitchen window, she jumps up and down at the back door for someone to let her out to go chase it. Why is that?

    • Maynard says:

      …and another $2,000,000 to re-educate dogs, I mean Canine-Americans, to shed their ancient prejudices (no doubt introduced by the evil influence of domestication (make that “subjugation”) by evil white males) and become more tolerant of diverse species.

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