07-30-2008, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Kirk  They certainly do. It is the private sector that is ripping off Medicare in your example. | Medicare aka Government: Somethings never change.  Quote:
The original mission of federal inspectors general was to take a bite out of government waste and abuse. But critics worry that they are being muzzled in the name of reform.
Raise your hands if you've heard the story about the U.S. government's $640 toilet seat. How about its $400 hammer, or that $500,000 outhouse Uncle Sam built in Pennsylvania, complete with a gabled slate roof and homey front porch? Or the recent news that it takes two federal agencies -- two! -- to oversee the making of frozen pizzas: one with responsibility for plain, the other with authority over pepperoni.
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