Here's the latest example of the leviathan, called government, that is simply out of control and spending the country into fiscal oblivion. In continuing to do so, it will take down millions of Americans in the process that are living from paycheck to paycheck.
Waste: How many federal agencies does it take to inspect a catfish? Three, apparently. No joke. It's just one of many outrageous but all-too-true examples of billions of dollars in waste uncovered by a new government audit.
The Government Accountability Office's latest annual report on government waste and duplication found 31 areas in the government that overlap, duplicate efforts or are egregiously inefficient. That's on top of the 131 found in its previous two annual reports.
In many cases, the government has no idea whether any of these programs actually work.
The GAO found that Obama has, in fact, added several programs where many already existed. And of the 300 actions the GAO proposed in its first two annual reports, the administration has addressed just 65.
Remember this the next time you hear Obama whine about the pain and agony caused by the sequester...
Read the IBD editorial for some of the billions of dollars wasted on duplicative or unnecessary programs found by the latest Government Accounting Office report.
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