Republicans - Shouldn't this (see details) be a bigger problem for your party than Larry Craig?

Question

An internal agency audit released today found that the Department of Justice spent more than $1.5 million on food and beverages at 10 conferences in 2005 and 2006.

At one reception during a law enforcement conference, the agency spent $60,000 on cotton candy, popcorn, caramel apples, ice cream and licorice. At another conference, two ``themed breaks'' featured ice cream and stadium food such as pretzels, hot dogs and Cracker Jack, and cost $42,000.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070914/pl_bloomberg/a5gwidb1ffse_1

The reason I'm asking - Republicans always talk about minimizing Big Government Spending and lowering taxes... As a liberal Democrat, it is the one thing that I find to be most admirable about your party.

It is the so-called "do nothing" congress that ordered this audit and I would just like to know how you feel about that.

Answer 1

Can't argue with that. I'm glad they did the audit. I wish we had a watch dog committee that would let us know every time they stick an amendment on a totally unrelated bill. Conservative Republican

Answer 2

holiday. Closet Republicans isn't systemic. different than for Foley and Craig, whom else are you able to call? i will't think of of anybody. ok, that's 2 human beings, what proportion participants interior the Republican party? yet another ingredient: some persons are homosexuals, and this style would not seem to objective specific communities. they are discovered everywhere. Craig chosen the Republican party, yet while he's gay he did no longer be certain that. that's only the way he's. If he have been gay, that would not recommend that he'd would desire to be a Democrat. because of the fact Republicans cater to the religious base by ability of adopting an anti-gay platform (which I disagree with, discrimination is erroneous, era, case closed) any Republican candidate has to fall in lock step. If Craig is gay, and needed to run as a closet Republican, that's his very own very own selection. you could no longer knock somebody else for figuring out directly to be a closet gay, nor are you able to rigidity them out. concerning to morals: very such as homosexuality, immorality is seen everywhere. apparently, because of the fact the Democrats do no longer undertake a ethical values platform, they look exempt from being judged by ability of ethical standards and use this as a platform to attack Republicans that persist with human nature and infrequently deviate from extensive-unfold and accompanied ethical values. till the Democrats undertake ethical values, I won't pay attention to a comprehend them declaring who's or isn't ethical. bill Clinton's a foul guy because of the fact he took great ingredient approximately an intern by ability of mendacity to her to get oral intercourse. ok, regardless of, greater of a private concern. yet then he lied approximately it to the american public. that's while it grew to grow to be interior the pastime of the country to be certain how this guy spends his time in workplace.

Answer 3

While I don't defend the use of tax money for personal interests or for unnecessary things, I have to say I find it hard to believe they spent $1.5 million on snacks. However, it is possible. The government is known to pay outrageous prices for the most mundane things.

The misspending of money is not a Republican thing anyway. Plenty of Democrats do it as well. Just look at the Clintons, who use tax money for their own private jets, to pay their house in New York, and for their bodyguards, etc.

Answer 4

Its the 'do nothing' congress that ordered the audit. Good for them, I'm sure they did it out of purely non-partisan reasons.

Yes, this disgusts me (and I want it to end), but it certainly is not limited to the republicans. Can you tell me how much that party they threw for nancy pelosi, when she became speaker, cost?

Answer 5

This is a really good question. I'm a Democrat, and I agree with you: I have always admired the notion that Republicans want to decrease government spending and reduce the taxes we pay. The problem is, I've seen nothing lately to prove that they still want those things. They complain about taxes, but then stories like this one come up. Unfortunately, I know that you're going to get some nasty responses from people, talking about something that happened during Clinton's administration, instead of just addressing this issue.

I just wanted to thank you for raising this point, and I, too, would really like to hear what conservatives have to say about this story.

Answer 6

From what I've noticed, the republican party is VASTLY more concerned about consensual homosexual activity than government corruption. Considering that the size of the government doubled under Bush (and the debt shoots up under every republican president) I'd say that the talk about minimizing spending is just talk. (They sure DO love the tax cuts, though)

(Note that I haven't read the details about the DoJ thing yet - this is a general statement)

Answer 7

George Bush publicly resonded to this:

People.... it's cotton candy! That stuff is priceless! ($60,000 grand is a steal)

Answer 8

I think I want to call and ask them about this and who it was for. Looks like it was for children and I am curious about whose.

Otherwise, I'm curious about the cost of the audit and the time the "do-nothing Congress" put into finding this terrible display of cotton candy waste.

Seriously, we don't want them wasting money. Have your fun with this one.

Answer 9

I think you've found one of many overlooked unnecessary expenditures . Obviously this one needs oversight at the least .

Keep pointing them out too !!

Answer 10

What they mean when they say minimize goverment they mean for you not them. You should be eating cat food while Alberto gonzalez eats $50 salmon. Besides Alberto wasn't running the Justice Dept the way it should have so he had to do something while he was at the office. Eating cotton candy and popcorn sounds like fun.