Issa Slams Deceptive 2010 Census “Savings” |
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:38 |
“This is precisely the smoke-and-mirrors budget gimmickry that the American people have come to expect from the federal government,” Issa said. “It is ironic that an agency in existence to do simple arithmetic would try to peddle such incomplete and deceptive figures to cover up for its waste of an estimated $3 billion of taxpayers’ money. Only in “For the last three years, Congressional Democrats have refused to do meaningful oversight of the federal bureaucracy, allowing the Census Bureau to get away with the wasteful spending, poor management and outright incompetence behind this massive cost overrun. Couple weak oversight with an Administration that chronically cooks the books to advance its reckless spending agenda and it is no wonder that the Secretary Locke would try to put one over on the American people. “Adding insult to budgetary gimmickry, fully half of the ‘savings’ claimed by Secretary Locke come from an $800 million natural disaster reserve fund. Does the Obama Administration really believe it deserves credit for the weather during the 2010 Census? Sadly, it seems the only trustworthy number coming out of the Obama White House these days is the 14.6 million unemployed Americans demanding an honest government that actually saves more than it spends.” ### |
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