Government Wasting My Money

I was listening to the Neal Boortz radio program during lunch and he read a study on government waste. He said that last year the government spent $6 million on airline tickets that THEY DID NOT USE!

They government is supposed to fly coach UNLESS a flight is over 14 hours, yet almost all of this unused travel was for First Class tickets. One of those tickets, from New Mexico to Africa cost $8000 and was not used and no refund was requested.

To put it in perspective, the average amount of taxes paid by a U.S. citizen is around $8000. So, they basically took my tax money last year and burned it on a plane ticket they never used.

Somehow they find time to vote for their own raises, but they can't follow their own rules that mandate fiscal responsibility.

Just another small example of why I don't want the government to ask for one more frickin' penny of my money until they get their financial house in order.