It seems like every day I read about how government wastes money so I thought I would record them. Since I began this blog, I have been stunned by the amount of waste, fraud, and mismanagement I have found. I recognize that some government is necessary for any society to exist but without the "profit incentive" that we have in private enterprise, government continues to grow like a cancer and along with it the potential for abuse. If you ever needed a reason to limit government, just read some of the following posts.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

$5 Million in Crystal as Government Shuts Down

On the eve of the government shutdown, the State Department went on a spending spree, awarding a contract worth up to $5 million for fancy crystal stem and barware for its embassies around the world. A five-year contract was awarded to a man named Simon Pearce for $5 million dollars to create more than 12,000 high-end custom crystals and barware for US embassies.

At the end of the fiscal year, federal departments and agencies rush to finish off their allotted funds. They all operate under a policy known in Washington as “use it or lose it”. When a federal entity does not use part of its budget, it loses it forever. So, they waste away instead of being forced to slim down. That’s what happened in the 2012 fiscal year when government contracts ballooned from $45 billion prior to the last week of September to a whopping $100 billion in the final days of the fiscal year.
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