Democrats: Ignored IG advice could have saved $25 billion

[DogPoundPup]

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Some congressional Democrats claim that the Bush administration could have saved more than $25 billion since 2001 if it had implemented nearly 14,000 cost-saving measures that its own watchdogs recommended.

The recommendations came from inspectors general in various federal agencies. By law, federal agencies are supposed to act on inspector general reports within a year.

The findings are in a report prepared by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It also said that in addition to saving taxpayers' money, many of the recommendations would have improved public health and safety, national and homeland security and the environment.

The committee asked the inspectors general to compile all the recommendations they'd made between Jan. 1, 2001, and the end of last year. The total was nearly 100,000, with 14 percent of them unimplemented.

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[itsrobert]

1. I don't like the way they worded that headline

At first glance some might think the "Democrats Ignored".

[sweetladybug]

2. I thought at first glance that "Democrats Ignored".

n/t

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

3. If only they switched to Geico. nt

[Arctic Dave]

4. How was * supposed to line his cronies pockets if he took the advice.

Fiscal conservatives my eye.

[JuniperLea]

5. Seriously!

Those bits of advice probably led him to where extra cash could be stolen.

[Arctic Dave]

7. LOL, not in a funny way though.

[bertman]

6. Yeah, and they could have saved $850 BILLION (and counting) if they'd taken our advice.

[rpannier]

8. That was my thinking as well

25 billion almost seems insignificant at this point.

[dpbrown]

9. What does Bush care? He only wanted to drain the Treasury anyway.

The Poseur President did his best to ruin government forever.

[Still Sensible]

10. I'm surprised that

86% of the recommendations had apparently been implemented.