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08-02-2012, 03:49 PM
http://washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-lost-800m-on-cheeseburgers-and-soda/article/2503832
Taxpayers lost $833 million over the last decade on the food and beverages supplied by Amtrak, which managed to spend $1.70 for every dollar that received in revenue.
“Over the last ten years, these losses have amounted to a staggering $833.8 million,” said Rep.John Mica, R-Fla., in a statement previewing a House hearing today. “It costs passengers $9.50 to buy a cheeseburger on Amtrak, but the cost to taxpayers is $16.15. Riders pay $2.00 for a Pepsi, but each of these sodas costs the U.S. Treasury $3.40.”
Amazon.com is currently selling 24-packs of 12 ounce Pepsi cans for $8.94 -- which averages (http://www.amazon.com/Pepsi-Cola-12-Ounce-Cans-Pack/dp/B004JX9FDM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343930062&sr=8-3&keywords=Pepsi) to about 75 cents per can.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/48462508
The IRS is paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds to identity
thieves; a problem that the tax service’s inspector general told CNBC is a
“growing problem” involving numbers that are increasing “exponentially.”
In a new report to be issued Thursday, the inspector general for the IRS says that tax thieves are stealing the identities of taxpayers and then filing bogus returns on their behalf and collecting fraudulent refunds as a result.
The inspector general estimates that the IRS could issue as much as $21 billion in fraudulent tax refunds over
the next five years.
The scam is so rampant that
thieves are apparently sending in false returns in bulk without even bothering
to change the mailing address on the returns. The inspector general said it
found one residential address in Lansing, Michigan that was the source of an
astonishing 2,137 tax returns, and to which the IRS directed more than $3.3
million in potentially fraudulent refunds.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/aug/2/government-motors-feds-keep-expanding-fleet-cars/
Budgets may be tight, but the federal government has increased its fleet of cars to 449,000 vehicles — or nearly one for every seven federal employees — according to the Government Accountability Office.
And these are the guys who are going to be "helping out" with your health care:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/2/gao-tax-cheats-get-millions-medicaid-money/
One in every 20 health providers getting taxpayer money from Medicaid is delinquent on their federal taxes, and in some cases the tax cheats are years behind in paying the IRS (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/internal-revenue-service/), according to a new audit by Congress (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/congress/)’s investigators.
The Government Accountability Office (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/government-accountability-office/) looked at about 7,000 providers in three large states who Medicaid reimbursed more than $6 billion in 2009 and found that they had nearly $800 million in unpaid federal taxes.
In two cases, the health companies — which range from dentists and doctors to private ambulances and medical supply companies — had been under criminal investigation, including for medical billing fraud.
Oh, and Government Motors "profits" sank 41 percent.
Taxpayers lost $833 million over the last decade on the food and beverages supplied by Amtrak, which managed to spend $1.70 for every dollar that received in revenue.
“Over the last ten years, these losses have amounted to a staggering $833.8 million,” said Rep.John Mica, R-Fla., in a statement previewing a House hearing today. “It costs passengers $9.50 to buy a cheeseburger on Amtrak, but the cost to taxpayers is $16.15. Riders pay $2.00 for a Pepsi, but each of these sodas costs the U.S. Treasury $3.40.”
Amazon.com is currently selling 24-packs of 12 ounce Pepsi cans for $8.94 -- which averages (http://www.amazon.com/Pepsi-Cola-12-Ounce-Cans-Pack/dp/B004JX9FDM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343930062&sr=8-3&keywords=Pepsi) to about 75 cents per can.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/48462508
The IRS is paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds to identity
thieves; a problem that the tax service’s inspector general told CNBC is a
“growing problem” involving numbers that are increasing “exponentially.”
In a new report to be issued Thursday, the inspector general for the IRS says that tax thieves are stealing the identities of taxpayers and then filing bogus returns on their behalf and collecting fraudulent refunds as a result.
The inspector general estimates that the IRS could issue as much as $21 billion in fraudulent tax refunds over
the next five years.
The scam is so rampant that
thieves are apparently sending in false returns in bulk without even bothering
to change the mailing address on the returns. The inspector general said it
found one residential address in Lansing, Michigan that was the source of an
astonishing 2,137 tax returns, and to which the IRS directed more than $3.3
million in potentially fraudulent refunds.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/aug/2/government-motors-feds-keep-expanding-fleet-cars/
Budgets may be tight, but the federal government has increased its fleet of cars to 449,000 vehicles — or nearly one for every seven federal employees — according to the Government Accountability Office.
And these are the guys who are going to be "helping out" with your health care:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/2/gao-tax-cheats-get-millions-medicaid-money/
One in every 20 health providers getting taxpayer money from Medicaid is delinquent on their federal taxes, and in some cases the tax cheats are years behind in paying the IRS (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/internal-revenue-service/), according to a new audit by Congress (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/congress/)’s investigators.
The Government Accountability Office (http://thepoliticalforums.com/topics/government-accountability-office/) looked at about 7,000 providers in three large states who Medicaid reimbursed more than $6 billion in 2009 and found that they had nearly $800 million in unpaid federal taxes.
In two cases, the health companies — which range from dentists and doctors to private ambulances and medical supply companies — had been under criminal investigation, including for medical billing fraud.
Oh, and Government Motors "profits" sank 41 percent.