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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>You're a funny guy funny guy! You ask me
to " tell you where the waste is and be specific" and insist that " I can't and
won't."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>I provide I provide 52
examples.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>You "thought" you "thought"
that "independent verification" for so much as one of my examples was
unattainable. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>I provide I provide the GAO,
whitehouse.com, the CBO, CBS news, Bloomberg, the LA Times, USA Today, the
Denver Herald, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>the Seattle Times, and the New York Times,
and more. Biased Right wing/Libertarian sources? I think not.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>And your rejoinder is I should
now accept testimony from the Huffington post? For a guy who styles
himself a master of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>logical discourse and analytical thought,
I'm rather stunned by your weak showing showing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>g</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 23, 2011 12:22 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">the lockshop</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A
title="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">Gary Crabtree</A> ; <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be big</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>So you're saying your saying you'll accept all of my Huffington Post
testimonials as long as I include footnotes? Thanks for the
tip!<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Apr 22, 2011, at 8:05 AM, "the lockshop" <<A
title="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sorry, I neglected to include the
footnotes.</FONT></P>
<P><A id=_edn1
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref1"
name=_edn1>[1]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Improper Payments:
Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper
Payments</I>, GAO-09-628T, April 22, 2009, at <I><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/848E2EF8FE88B7FD87B3621E2B5FC0EA.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/848E2EF8FE88B7FD87B3621E2B5FC0EA.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/848E2EF8FE88B7FD87B3621E2B5FC0EA.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
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<P><A id=_edn2
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref2"
name=_edn2>[2]</A>The Cato Institute estimates that corporate welfare costs
$92 billion annually (not even counting the $700 billion TARP legislation).
SeeStephen Slivinski, "The Corporate Welfare State: How the Federal Government
Subsidizes U.S. Businesses," Cato Institute, May 14, 2007, at <I><A
href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230" target=_blank><A
title="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230">http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009). The White House has requested $71 billion for fiscal year
2010 homeland security spending. See Office of Management and Budget,
<I>Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2010: Analytic Perspectives (Supplemental
Materials)</I>, May 2009, at <I><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/1FA58FAE61C1A1EBAB37BE76B88C824D.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/1FA58FAE61C1A1EBAB37BE76B88C824D.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/1FA58FAE61C1A1EBAB37BE76B88C824D.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn3>
<P><A id=_edn3
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref3"
name=_edn3>[3]</A>Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), "Subcommittee Oversight
Efforts Identify $1.1 Trillion in Waste or Questionable Spending," October 19,
2006, at <I><A
href="http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction.Home&ContentRecord_id=611f1f4c-802a-23ad-475d-223d6490f308"
target=_blank><A
href="http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction">http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction</A><BR>.Home&ContentRecord_id=611f1f4c-802a-23ad-475d-223d6490f308</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn4>
<P><A id=_edn4
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref4"
name=_edn4>[4]</A>Figures include all federal programs rated "ineffective" or
"results not demonstrated" by the George W. Bush Administration's Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART) assessment of all federal programs. See <I><A
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/" target=_blank><A
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/">http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/</A></A></I>
and <I><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/part.xls"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.whitehouse/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.whitehouse">http://www.whitehouse</A><BR>.gov/omb/expectmore/part.xls</A></I>.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn5>
<P><A id=_edn5
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref5"
name=_edn5>[5]</A>Congressional Budget Office, "Budget Options, Volume 1:
Health Care," December 2008, at<I><A
href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-Health CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-Health">http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-Health</A><BR>Options</A></I>
(October 5, 2009); "Budget Options, Volume 2," August 2009, at <I><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/B6358B2C50828DC2865F4C220C0720C5.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/B6358B2C50828DC2865F4C220C0720C5.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/B6358B2C50828DC2865F4C220C0720C5.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn6>
<P><A id=_edn6
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref6"
name=_edn6>[6]</A>Examples are drawn from Committee on Governmental Affairs,
U.S. Senate, "Government at the Brink," Vols. I and II, June 2001; U.S.
General Accounting Office, "Managing for Results: Using the Results Act to
Address Mission Fragmentation and Program Overlap," August 1997, at <I><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/80B40B0A5C314F2221EE8FF7B22D39CB.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/80B40B0A5C314F2221EE8FF7B22D39CB.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/80B40B0A5C314F2221EE8FF7B22D39CB.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P>
<DIV id=edn7>
<P><A id=_edn7
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref7"
name=_edn7>[7]</A>Edwin Mora, "U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese
Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job," CNS News, May 12, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976">http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn8>
<P><A id=_edn8
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref8"
name=_edn8>[8]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Government-wide
Purchase Cards: Actions Needed to Strengthen Internal Controls to Reduce
Fraudulent, Improper, and Abusive Purchases</I>, GAO-08-333, March 2008, at
<I><A href="http://www.gao.gov/" target=_blank><A
href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08333.pdf">http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08333.pdf</A><BR>new.items/d08333.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009); Marc Stewart, "Federal Gov't Questions TVA Spending," <A
href="http://WBIR.com">WBIR.com</A>, February 27, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461">http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009); Dan Eggen, "Federal Credit Cards Misused,"
<I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, April 9, 2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802718.html"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04</A><BR>/08/AR2008040802718.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn9>
<P><A id=_edn9
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref9"
name=_edn9>[9]</A>Robert Brodsky, "Report Paints Agencies as Deadbeat Travel
Card Holders," Government Executive, May 28, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42837&dcn=todaysnews"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.govexec.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.govexec.com">http://www.govexec.com</A><BR>/story_page.cfm?articleid=42837&dcn=todaysnews</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
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<P><A id=_edn10
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref10"
name=_edn10>[10]</A>Laura Strickler, "SEC Spends Millions to Reorganize
Desks," CBS News, April 8, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews_investigates/main4927475.shtml"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews</A><BR>_investigates/main4927475.shtml</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn11>
<P><A id=_edn11
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref11"
name=_edn11>[11]</A>Tony Capaccio, "Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent
Washers," Bloomberg, August 16, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.bloomberg.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.bloomberg.com/">http://www.bloomberg.com/</A><BR>apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn12>
<P><A id=_edn12
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref12"
name=_edn12>[12]</A>Ted Covey <I>et al.</I>, "Agriculture Income and Finance
Outlook," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November
2006, pp. 40 and 48.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn13>
<P><A id=_edn13
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref13"
name=_edn13>[13]</A>Carrie Johnson, "Medical Fraud a Growing Problem,"
<I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, June 13, 2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203915.html"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article</A><BR>/2008/06/12/AR2008061203915.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn14>
<P><A id=_edn14
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref14"
name=_edn14>[14]</A>Dana Hedgpeth, "GAO Blasts Weapons Budget,"
<I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, April 1, 2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102789.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article</A><BR>/2008/03/31/AR2008033102789.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn15>
<P><A id=_edn15
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref15"
name=_edn15>[15]</A>Christopher Conkey, "Federal Workers Accused of Abusing
Business Class," <I>The Wall Street Journal</I>, October 3, 2007, at <I><A
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119136054325946827.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://online.wsj.com/">http://online.wsj.com/</A><BR>article/SB119136054325946827.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn16>
<P><A id=_edn16
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref16"
name=_edn16>[16]</A>Steve LeBlanc, "Feds Spending Millions on Kennedy Legacy,"
Associated Press, May 11, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy.legacy.2.956809.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy">http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy</A><BR>.legacy.2.956809.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009); Bryan Bender, "Kerry Asks $20m for Kennedy Institute,"
<I>The Boston Globe</I>, September 25, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/watchdog_groups_rap_20m_earmark_for_kennedy_institute/"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/</A><BR>watchdog_groups_rap_20m_earmark_for_kennedy_institute/</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn17>
<P><A id=_edn17
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref17"
name=_edn17>[17]</A>Ralph Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger, "Crimes Suspected in
20 Bailout Cases--for Starters," <I>The Los Angeles Times</I>, April 21, 2009,
at <I><A
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009apr21,0,2443377.story"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009</A><BR>apr21,0,2443377.story</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn18>
<P><A id=_edn18
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref18"
name=_edn18>[18]</A>These and more examples of recent earmarks are at <A
title="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/BrianRiedl.cfm CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/BrianRiedl.cfm" target=_blank>Brian
Riedl</A>, "Omnibus Spending Bill: Huge Spending and 9,000 Earmarks Represent
Business as Usual," Heritage Foundation <I>WebMemo</I> No. 2318, March 2,
2009, at <I><A href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm</A></A></I>.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn19>
<P><A id=_edn19
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref19"
name=_edn19>[19]</A> <A
href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=73"
target=_blank>Brad Heath</A>, "Gov't Losses Big in Home Market," <I>USA
Today</I>, May 15, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14-govtown_N.htm"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14">http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14</A><BR>-govtown_N.htm</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn20>
<P><A id=_edn20
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref20"
name=_edn20>[20]</A> <A href="mailto:iteinowitz@tvweek.com" target=_blank>Ira
Teinowitz</A>, "FCC Goes NASCAR Racing to Publicize DTV," TV Week, October
2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar_racing_to_publ.php"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar">http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar</A><BR>_racing_to_publ.php</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P>
<DIV id=edn21>
<P><A id=_edn21
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref21"
name=_edn21>[21]</A> <A
href="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=LOUISE+RADNOFSKY&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND"
target=_blank>Louise Radnofsky</A> and <A
href="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=T.W.+FARNAM&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND"
target=_blank>T. W. Farnam</A>, "Lawmakers Bill Taxpayers for TVs, Cameras,
Lexus," <I>The Wall Street Journal</I>, May 30, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html"
target=_blank><A
title="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009); Jonathan E. Kaplan and Mandy Kozar, "Lawmakers Spend on Big
Screens, Popcorn," <I>The Hill</I>, November 8, 2005.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn22>
<P><A id=_edn22
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref22"
name=_edn22>[22]</A>Dana Hedgpeth, "$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted or Stolen,
Ex-Investigator Says," <I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, September 23, 2008,
at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202053.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/</A><BR>AR2008092202053.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009);Dan Friedman, "Report: Defense Department Cannot Fully
Account for $7.8B Spent in Iraq," <EM><A
href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/about/congressdaily"
target=_blank>CongressDaily</A></EM>,May 22, 2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm" target=_blank><A
title="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm">http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn23>
<P><A id=_edn23
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref23"
name=_edn23>[23]</A>Associated Press, "Katrina Fraud Could Top $2 Billion,"
December 25, 2006, at <I><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009); "FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change," June 14, 2006,
at <I><A href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html">http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn24>
<P><A id=_edn24
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref24"
name=_edn24>[24]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Expedited Assistance
for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA's Control Weaknesses Exposed
the Government to Significant Fraud and Abuse</I>, GAO-06-403T, February 13,
2006, p. 11, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/AD70E579E2C93DD00C8963C3EB7761C3.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/AD70E579E2C93DD00C8963C3EB7761C3.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn25>
<P><A id=_edn25
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref25"
name=_edn25>[25]</A>Wesley Loy, "Alaska Airlines Takes Flying Fish to a Whole
New Level: $500,000 Grant from Federal Funding Pays for Custom Paint Job on
Company's Passenger Jet," <I>Anchorage Daily News</I>, October 2,
2005.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn26>
<P><A id=_edn26
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref26"
name=_edn26>[26]</A>Halimah Abdullah, "Who Might Fly Somerset to D.C. and
Back?," McClatchey, May 24, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/806331.html" target=_blank><A
href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news">http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news</A><BR>/story/806331.html</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn27>
<P><A id=_edn27
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref27"
name=_edn27>[27]</A>CBS News, "Beach Restoration: Sending $$$ Out to Sea?,"
May 26, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/main5041144.shtml"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/</A><BR>main5041144.shtml</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P>
<DIV id=edn28>
<P><A id=_edn28
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref28"
name=_edn28>[28]</A> <A
href="http://www.propublica.org/site/author/michael_grabell/"
target=_blank>Michael Grabell</A>, "Rural Broadband Stimulus Program Slammed
in Gov't Report," ProPublica, April 14, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/rural-broadband-stimulus-program-slammed-in-govt-report-414/"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.propublica.org/ion/">http://www.propublica.org/ion/</A><BR>stimulus/item/rural-broadband-stimulus-program-slammed-in-govt-report<BR>-414/</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn29>
<P><A id=_edn29
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref29"
name=_edn29>[29]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>DOD Travel Cards:
Control Weaknesses Led to Millions of Dollars in Unused Airline Tickets</I>,
GAO-03-398, March 2004, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/4ACE73C0DAE4F7DF5A63A1682F144966.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/4ACE73C0DAE4F7DF5A63A1682F144966.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn30>
<P><A id=_edn30
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref30"
name=_edn30>[30]</A>CBS News, "FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause
Panic," April 29, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html">http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html</A></A></I>
(October 5, 2009); Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of
Representatives, "The Cost of Presidential and Vice Presidential Political
Travel," March 2006, p. 3, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/8AA84113351D2F06CD7448C1011426F8.pdf"
target=_blank><A
href="http://oversight.house.gov/documents/">http://oversight.house.gov/documents/</A><BR>20060316113550-47530.pdf</A></I>
(October 5, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn31>
<P><A id=_edn31
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref31"
name=_edn31>[31]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Travel Cards: Air
Force Management Focus Has Reduced Delinquencies, but Improvements in Controls
Are Needed</I>, GAO-03-298, December 20, 2002, p. 4, at <I><A
href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03298.pdf" target=_blank><A
href="http://www.gao.gov/new">http://www.gao.gov/new</A>.<BR>items/d03298.pdf</A></I>
(October 6, 2009); <I>Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave Navy Vulnerable
to Fraud and Abuse</I>, GAO-03-148T, October 8, 2002, p. 8, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/40C1D6AB36A6C16873C3BF78605117B8.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/40C1D6AB36A6C16873C3BF78605117B8.pdf</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn32>
<P><A id=_edn32
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref32"
name=_edn32>[32]</A> <A
href="http://www.rollcall.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.author.contact.view?client_id=rollcall_print&story_id=34526&title=House%20May%20Get%20Big%20Boost%20For%20Election%2DYear%20Mailings&author=Emily%20Yehle&address=http%3A//www.rollcall.com/%3CTaxonomyNode%20id=%27%7BBE0B78AE-B3E6-4F8C-AD6D-6078CFBBC2F9%7D%27%3Eissues%3C/TaxonomyNode%3E/54%5F124/news/34526%2D1.html&summary=%3Cp%20class%3D%22bodycopy%22%3EThe%20House%20wants%20to%20increase%20Members%26%23146%3B%20office%20budgets%20next%20fiscal%20year%20by%20almost%2015%20percent%2C%20partly%20because%202010%20is%20an%20election%20year%20and%20lawmakers%20anticipate%20a%20surge%20in%20franked%20mail.%0A%3C/p%3E%0A"
target=_blank>Emily Yehle</A>, "House May Get Big Boost for Election-Year
Mailings," <I>Roll Call</I>, May 4, 2009.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn33>
<P><A id=_edn33
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref33"
name=_edn33>[33]</A>Department of Heath and Human Services, Office of the
Inspector General, "Compendium of Unimplemented Office of Inspector General
Recommendations," May 2009, at <I><A
href="http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/compendium/compendium2009.pdf"
target=_blank><A
href="http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/">http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/</A><BR>compendium/compendium2009.pdf</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn34>
<P><A id=_edn34
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref34"
name=_edn34>[34]</A>Christopher Lee, "Official Portraits Draw Skeptical Gaze,"
<I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, October 21, 2008, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102003627.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/</A><BR>article/2008/10/20/AR2008102003627.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn35>
<P><A id=_edn35
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref35"
name=_edn35>[35]</A>Associated Press, "Washington Sends $1 Food Stamp Checks
to 250,000," February 23, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008775541_apwafoodstampchecks.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html</A><BR>/localnews/2008775541_apwafoodstampchecks.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn36>
<P><A id=_edn36
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref36"
name=_edn36>[36]</A>Dan Morgan, Gilbert Gaul, and Sarah Cohen, "Farm Program
Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm,"
<I>The</I><I>Washington</I><I>Post</I>, July 2, 2006, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/</A><BR>AR2006070100962.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn37>
<P><A id=_edn37
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref37"
name=_edn37>[37]</A>Anne Plummer Flaherty, "Congress Ready for Its End of War
Party," Associated Press, October 4, 2006, at <I><A
href="http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4443037" target=_blank><A
title="http://www.presstelegram.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.presstelegram.com/">http://www.presstelegram.com/</A><BR>news/ci_4443037</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn38>
<P><A id=_edn38
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref38"
name=_edn38>[38]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Purchase Cards:
Control Weaknesses Leave DHS Highly Vulnerable to Fraudulent, Improper, and
Abusive Activity</I>, GAO-06-1117, September 2006, at <I><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/59308EC86105AAE6C7692F05D53ECA46.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/59308EC86105AAE6C7692F05D53ECA46.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/59308EC86105AAE6C7692F05D53ECA46.pdf</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn39>
<P><A id=_edn39
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref39"
name=_edn39>[39]</A>Jonathan Nicholson, "Congress Seems Unlikely to Correct
Gaffes in Budget Bill Costing $2 Billion," BNA Daily Report for Executives,
September 25, 2006.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn40>
<P><A id=_edn40
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref40"
name=_edn40>[40]</A>Steve Fogarty, "<A
title="Stimulus grant funds a quieter North Ridgeville"
href="http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/05/22/stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/">
Stimulus Grant Funds a Quieter North Ridgeville</A>,"
<I>Chronicle-Telegram</I>, May 22, 2009, at <I><A
href="http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/">http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/</A><BR>stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn41>
<P><A id=_edn41
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref41"
name=_edn41>[41]</A>Jonathan Rockoff, "NIH Paying $1.3 Million Monthly for
Unused Lab," <I>Baltimore Sun</I>, December 2, 2007.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn42>
<P><A id=_edn42
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref42"
name=_edn42>[42]</A>Bennett Roth and Eric Rosenberg, "The Pentagon Says It
Doesn't Need Any More C-17 Jets, but It Is Getting Them--at a Cost of $2.4
Billion--Thanks to the Texas Congressional Delegation," <I>Houston
Chronicle</I>, September 30, 2007, at <I><A
href="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4433833"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl? CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?">http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?</A><BR>id=2007_4433833</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn43>
<P><A id=_edn43
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref43"
name=_edn43>[43]</A>CNN, <I>Anderson Cooper 360</I>, December 6, 2005, at
<I><A href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/06/acd.01.html"
target=_blank><A title="http://transcripts/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://transcripts">http://transcripts</A><BR>.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/06/acd.01.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn44>
<P><A id=_edn44
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref44"
name=_edn44>[44]</A>David Stout, "Medicare Error Sends $50 Million in Refunds
to Recipients," <I>The New York Times</I>, August 24, 2006, at <I><A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24medicare.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/</A><BR>08/24/washington/24medicare.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn45>
<P><A id=_edn45
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref45"
name=_edn45>[45]</A>Griff Witte and Spencer S. Hsu, "Homeland Security
Contracts Abused," <I>The</I><I>Washington Post</I>, July 27, 2006, at <I><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601683.html"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com">http://www.washingtonpost.com</A><BR>/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601683.html</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn46>
<P><A id=_edn46
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref46"
name=_edn46>[46]</A>Kevin Duffy, "Why Did the Federal Government Help This
Golf Course?," <I>Atlanta-Journal-Constitution</I>, November 13,
2006.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn47>
<P><A id=_edn47
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref47"
name=_edn47>[47]</A>See Brian Riedl, "Congress Should Follow the President and
Eliminate the Advanced Technology Program," Heritage Foundation
<I>Backgrounder</I> No. 1828, March 1, 2005, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm" target=_blank><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm</A></A></I>.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn48>
<P><A id=_edn48
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref48"
name=_edn48>[48]</A>Government Accountability Office, <I>Department of
Education: Guaranteed Student Loan Program Vulnerabilities</I>, GAO-03-268R,
November 21, 2002, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/9329EBC1096FB830E7A1C6AA436AD6E1.pdf"
target=_blank>/static/reportimages/9329EBC1096FB830E7A1C6AA436AD6E1.pdf</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn49>
<P><A id=_edn49
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref49"
name=_edn49>[49]</A>The Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve
Program pays farmers not to farm more than 40 million acres of farmland. See
Brian Riedl, "How Farm Subsidies Harm Taxpayers, Consumers, and Farmers, Too,"
Heritage Foundation <I>Backgrounder</I> No. 2043, June 20, 2007, at <I><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm"
target=_blank><A
href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm</A></A></I>.</P></DIV>
<DIV id=edn50>
<P><A id=_edn50
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref50"
name=_edn50>[50]</A>Associated Press, "Commerce Reports Losing 1,137 Laptops,"
September 21, 2006, at<I><A
href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/20060921-115116-5387r/print"
target=_blank><A
href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/">http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/</A><BR>20060921-115116-5387r/print</A></I>
(October 6, 2009).</P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Looks as though you thought wrong.
Again.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>g</FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=edn28>----- Original Message ----- </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jampot@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">Gary Crabtree</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lockshop@pull.twcbc.com
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">the lockshop</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision
2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 22, 2011 7:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This
could be big</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Now I understand why we're gutting education! Chinese
prostitutes! <BR><BR>Do you have "independent" verification for even one of
these claims? I thought not.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Gary Crabtree <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A></A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"
class=gmail_quote>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"
name="Compose message area">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>From <A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste"
target=_blank><A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste">http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste</A></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>A few specific examples would
be:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<OL type=1>
<LI>The federal government made at least <B>$72 billion</B> in improper
payments in 2008.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn1"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref1 target=_blank>[1]</A>
<LI>Washington spends <B>$92 billion</B> on corporate welfare (excluding
TARP) versus $71 billion on homeland security.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn2"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref2 target=_blank>[2]</A>
<LI>Washington spends <B>$25 billion</B> annually maintaining unused or
vacant federal properties.<A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref3 target=_blank>[3]</A>
<LI>Government auditors spent the past five years examining all federal
programs and found that 22 percent of them -- costing taxpayers a total
of <B>$123 billion</B> annually -- fail to show any positive impact on
the populations they serve.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn4"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref4 target=_blank>[4]</A>
<LI>The Congressional Budget Office published a "Budget Options" series
identifying more than <B>$100 billion</B> in potential spending cuts.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn5"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref5 target=_blank>[5]</A>
<LI>Examples from multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO)
reports of wasteful duplication include <B>342</B> economic development
programs; <B>130</B> programs serving the disabled; <B>130</B> programs
serving at-risk youth; <B>90</B> early childhood development programs;
<B>75</B> programs funding international education, cultural, and
training exchange activities; and <B>72</B> safe water programs.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn6"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref6 target=_blank>[6]</A>
<LI>Washington will spend <B>$2.6 million</B> training Chinese
prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn7"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref7 target=_blank>[7]</A>
<LI>A GAO audit classified <B>nearly half of all purchases</B> on
government credit cards as improper, fraudulent, or embezzled. Examples
of taxpayer-funded purchases include gambling, mortgage payments,
liquor, lingerie, iPods, Xboxes, jewelry, Internet dating services, and
Hawaiian vacations. In one extraordinary example, the Postal Service
spent <B>$13,500</B> on one dinner at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse,
including "over 200 appetizers and over $3,000 of alcohol, including
more than 40 bottles of wine costing more than $50 each and brand-name
liquor such as Courvoisier, Belvedere and Johnny Walker Gold." The 81
guests consumed an average of $167 worth of food and drink apiece.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn8"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref8 target=_blank>[8]</A>
<LI>Federal agencies are delinquent on nearly 20 percent of employee
travel charge cards, costing taxpayers <B>hundreds of millions of
dollars</B> annually.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn9"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref9 target=_blank>[9]</A>
<LI>The Securities and Exchange Commission spent <B>$3.9 million</B>
rearranging desks and offices at its Washington, D.C., headquarters.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn10"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref10 target=_blank>[10]</A>
<LI>The Pentagon recently spent <B>$998,798</B> shipping two 19-cent
washers from South Carolina to Texas and <B>$293,451</B> sending an
89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn11"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref11 target=_blank>[11]</A>
<LI><B>Over half of all farm subsidies</B> go to commercial farms, which
report average household incomes of $200,000.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn12"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref12 target=_blank>[12]</A>
<LI>Health care fraud is estimated to cost taxpayers more than <B>$60
billion</B> annually.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn13"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref13 target=_blank>[13]</A>
<LI>A GAO audit found that 95 Pentagon weapons systems suffered from a
combined <B>$295 billion</B> in cost overruns.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn14"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref14 target=_blank>[14]</A>
<LI>The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers
<B>$146 million</B> annually in flight upgrades.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn15"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref15 target=_blank>[15]</A>
<LI>Washington will spend <B>$126 million</B> in 2009 to enhance the
Kennedy family legacy in Massachusetts. Additionally, Senator John Kerry
(D-MA) diverted $20 million from the 2010 defense budget to subsidize a
new Edward M. Kennedy Institute.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn16"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref16 target=_blank>[16]</A>
<LI>Federal investigators have launched more than <B>20 criminal fraud
investigations</B> related to the TARP financial bailout.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn17"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref17 target=_blank>[17]</A>
<LI>Despite trillion-dollar deficits, last year's 10,160 earmarks
included <B>$200,000</B> for a tattoo removal program in Mission Hills,
California; <B>$190,000</B> for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in
Cody, Wyoming; and <B>$75,000</B> for the Totally Teen Zone in Albany,
Georgia.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn18"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref18 target=_blank>[18]</A>
<LI>The federal government owns more than <B>50,000 vacant homes</B>.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn19"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref19 target=_blank>[19]</A>
<LI>The Federal Communications Commission spent <B>$350,000</B> to
sponsor NASCAR driver David Gilliland.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn20"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref20 target=_blank>[20]</A>
<LI>Members of Congress have spent <B>hundreds of thousands</B> of
taxpayer dollars supplying their offices with popcorn machines, plasma
televisions, DVD equipment, ionic air fresheners, camcorders, and
signature machines -- plus <B>$24,730</B> leasing a Lexus, <B>$1,434</B>
on a digital camera, and <B>$84,000</B> on personalized calendars.<A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref21 target=_blank>[21]</A>
<LI>More than <B>$13 billion</B> in Iraq aid has been classified as
wasted or stolen. Another <B>$7.8 billion</B> cannot be accounted for.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn22"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref22 target=_blank>[22]</A>
<LI>Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top
<B>$2 billion</B>. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane
victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom
Perignon champagne, "Girls Gone Wild" videos, and at least one sex
change operation.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn23"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref23 target=_blank>[23]</A>
<LI>Auditors discovered that <B>900,000</B> of the 2.5 million
recipients of emergency Katrina assistance provided false names,
addresses, or Social Security numbers or submitted multiple
applications.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn24"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref24 target=_blank>[24]</A>
<LI>Congress recently gave Alaska Airlines <B>$500,000</B> to paint a
Chinook salmon on a Boeing 737.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn25"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref25 target=_blank>[25]</A>
<LI>The Transportation Department will subsidize up to <B>$2,000 per
flight</B> for direct flights between Washington, D.C., and the small
hometown of Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY) -- but only on Monday mornings
and Friday evenings, when lawmakers, staff, and lobbyists usually fly.
Rogers is a member of the Appropriations Committee, which writes the
Transportation Department's budget.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn26"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref26 target=_blank>[26]</A>
<LI>Washington has spent <B>$3 billion</B> re-sanding beaches -- even as
this new sand washes back into the ocean.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn27"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref27 target=_blank>[27]</A>
<LI>A Department of Agriculture report concedes that much of the <B>$2.5
billion</B> in "stimulus" funding for broadband Internet will be
wasted.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn28"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref28 target=_blank>[28]</A>
<LI>The Defense Department wasted <B>$100 million</B> on unused flight
tickets and never bothered to collect refunds even though the tickets
were refundable.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn29"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref29 target=_blank>[29]</A>
<LI>Washington spends <B>$60,000 per hour</B> shooting Air Force One
photo-ops in front of national landmarks.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn30"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref30 target=_blank>[30]</A>
<LI>Over one recent 18-month period, Air Force and Navy personnel used
government-funded credit cards to charge at least <B>$102,400</B> on
admission to entertainment events, <B>$48,250</B> on gambling,
<B>$69,300</B> on cruises, and <B>$73,950</B> on exotic dance clubs and
prostitutes.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn31"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref31 target=_blank>[31]</A>
<LI>Members of Congress are set to pay themselves <B>$90 million</B> to
increase their franked mailings for the 2010 election year.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn32"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref32 target=_blank>[32]</A>
<LI>Congress has ignored efficiency recommendations from the Department
of Health and Human Services that would save <B>$9 billion</B>
annually.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn33"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref33 target=_blank>[33]</A>
<LI>Taxpayers are funding paintings of high-ranking government officials
at a cost of up to <B>$50,000 apiece</B>.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn34"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref34 target=_blank>[34]</A>
<LI>The state of Washington sent $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
households in order to raise state caseload figures and trigger <B>$43
million</B> in additional federal funds.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn35"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref35 target=_blank>[35]</A>
<LI><A name=12f7d51a1cd993c5_RANGE!A29>Suburban families are receiving
large <B>farm subsidies for the grass in their backyards</B> --
subsidies that many of these families never requested and do not
want.</A> <A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn36"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref36 target=_blank>[36]</A>
<LI>Congress appropriated <B>$20 million</B> for "commemoration of
success" celebrations related to Iraq and Afghanistan.<A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref37 target=_blank>[37]</A>
<LI>Homeland Security employee purchases include 63-inch plasma TVs,
iPods, and <B>$230</B> for a beer brewing kit.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn38"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref38 target=_blank>[38]</A>
<LI>Two drafting errors in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act resulted in a
<B>$2 billion</B> taxpayer cost.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn39"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref39 target=_blank>[39]</A>
<LI>North Ridgeville, Ohio, received <B>$800,000</B> in "stimulus" funds
for a project that its mayor described as "a long way from the top
priority."<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn40"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref40 target=_blank>[40]</A>
<LI>The National Institutes of Health spends <B>$1.3 million</B> per
month to rent a lab that it cannot use.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn41"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref41 target=_blank>[41]</A>
<LI>Congress recently spent <B>$2.4 billion</B> on 10 new jets that the
Pentagon insists it does not need and will not use.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn42"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref42 target=_blank>[42]</A>
<LI>Lawmakers diverted <B>$13 million</B> from Hurricane Katrina relief
spending to build a museum celebrating the Army Corps of Engineers --
the agency partially responsible for the failed levees that flooded New
Orleans.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn43"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref43 target=_blank>[43]</A>
<LI>Medicare officials recently mailed <B>$50 million</B> in erroneous
refunds to 230,000 Medicare recipients.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn44"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref44 target=_blank>[44]</A>
<LI>Audits showed <B>$34 billion</B> worth of Department of Homeland
Security contracts contained significant waste, fraud, and abuse.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn45"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref45 target=_blank>[45]</A>
<LI>Washington recently spent <B>$1.8 million</B> to help build a
private golf course in Atlanta, Georgia.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn46"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref46 target=_blank>[46]</A>
<LI>The Advanced Technology Program spends <B>$150 million</B> annually
subsidizing private businesses; 40 percent of this funding goes to
Fortune 500 companies.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn47"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref47 target=_blank>[47]</A>
<LI>Congressional investigators were able to receive <B>$55,000</B> in
federal student loan funding for a fictional college they created to
test the Department of Education.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn48"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref48 target=_blank>[48]</A>
<LI>The Conservation Reserve program pays farmers <B>$2 billion</B>
annually not to farm their land.<A
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn49"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref49 target=_blank>[49]</A>
<LI>The Commerce Department has <B>lost 1,137 computers</B> since 2001,
many containing Americans' personal data.<A
title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50"
name=12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref50 target=_blank>[50]</A> </LI></OL>
<P><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>These are mere drop in the bucket
examples. Left up to me, entire departments would be eliminated starting
with commerce, agriculture, and yes, education. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>I would go on but time is limited. Has
this been adequately specific for you?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>g</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>P.S. I'll throw in as a little can and
did bonus for you the countless Obama white house parties, (think Paul
McCartney comes cheap?) along with the current cross country campaign tour
all paid for with </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>the taxpayers
credit card. Enjoy.</FONT></P>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target=_blank>Joe Campbell</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 22, 2011 2:23 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lockshop@pull.twcbc.com
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target=_blank>the lockshop</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target=_blank>Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be
big</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>What is the "big government" that you're talking about
below, Gary? Tell me where the waste is and be specific. You can't and
won't and that shows where the greater myth lies.<BR><BR>For God's sake,
we've been waging a war in two now three different countries, putting the
whole thing on our world "credit card." But you don't raise a peep about
that. Education, health care, entitlements -- that is where the evil lies
(according to you)! <BR><BR>This is crap rhetoric and you know it. And the
fact that you can't make a sensible response to this post, that all you'll
do is throw insults and more crap rhetoric proves it even more.<BR><BR>And
this isn't an insult. It is a CRITICISM. Maybe you are as unable to tell
the difference as Roger.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM, the lockshop <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target=_blank><A
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</A></A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I feel fine, thank you for your concern.
There is no ire to mitigate on my end and no need for rationalization
required on yours. Corporations take advantage of tax laws put in
place by Republican and Democrat lawmakers to return value to the
shareholders as is their primary reason for existance. The fact
that you and your family have been able to take advantage of this
warms my heart. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The notion that corporations large or small
should "pay a fair share" is a farce generated by
big government (and it's friends and beneficiaries) to extract
additional revenue from individuals. The burden falls on shareholders in
the form of reduced return on investment and/or on customers in the form
of higher price for products. Placing ever-increasing drains on a
corporations revenue can only result in disaster. If return to investors
is too low or the price of goods is to high the end result is the same.
You have killed the goose and the attendant jobs, goods, and services
(and yes, tax monies) that it generated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> <A
title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com"
target=_blank>Sue Hovey</A> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=lockshop@pull.twcbc.com href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com"
target=_blank>the lockshop</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target=_blank>'Vision 2020'</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2011
12:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw:
This could be big</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<DIV>True, and we probably won’t be able to do them much longer,
so perhaps that will help to mitigate your ire. A few years ago
I was behind one of the efforts to get PERSI to disinvest—a move that
went nowhere, fast. So I continue to take the dirty money and
I’m going to be spending it on critical needs for our disabled adult
daughter. Feel better now?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sue H </DIV>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5">
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=lockshop@pull.twcbc.com
href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target=_blank>the lockshop</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:56 AM</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target=_blank>Sue Hovey</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
target=_blank>'Vision 2020'</A> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be
big</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Interestingly enough, Exxon Mobile,
Conoco Philips, General Electric and Goldman Sachs are among the ten
largest holdings of several of the funds held by PERSI. These "dirty
corporate freeloaders" are playing a large part in funding local
retiree's trips to Hawaii! This must be brought to a halt
immediately.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> <A
title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com"
target=_blank>Sue Hovey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
target=_blank>'Vision 2020'</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Sort of a down and dirty (for sure dirty) list of Corporate
Freeloaders. Thought it might be of interest to some of
you.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=frye3407@att.net
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:48 AM</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">A few weeks ago, Senator Bernie
Sanders released a list of the 10 companies worst at paying
their fair share in taxes. We liked it, and our designer
Gabe quickly put it into chart form and put it up on our
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<DIV>What happened next was exciting: Tens of thousands of
people started sharing the chart on Facebook. Blogs started
posting links to it. It began to really blow up—and that
gave us an idea: <B>What if we could get this popular chart
in front of millions of people today as they're finishing
their taxes?</B>
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<DIV>So here we go: We're going to try to <B>saturate
Facebook with the chart below, so that everyone sees the
shameful behavior of these 10 companies.</B> Can you join
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