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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Nov 30 2006
It seems taxpayers can't catch a break in this one
So now, let me get this straight: The U.S. Army got scammed, which means all taxpayers got scammed. Now taxpayers have to pay for the prosecution case against Douglas Atwell and Wayne Silbersack, who are accused in the matter of scamming the U.S. Army. The two men have already pled guilty, from what I understand. If they're sentenced to prison time, taxpayers will have to pay for their room and board. (The same goes for anyone else convicted in the matter.)
It's bad enough paying for government waste, but when people set out to defraud fellow taxpayers, it's doubly depressing. Rather than tossing these folks into a penitentiary it would make much more sense to have them work off not only the cost of the items they used in the scam, but the cost of the case against them and the cost of their own incarceration. The money they earn should be returned to taxpayers. Of course, all the paperwork for that particular resolution would cost an awful lot of money, no doubt to be paid for by the taxpayers.
posted at: 10:40 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
So now, let me get this straight: The U.S. Army got scammed, which means all taxpayers got scammed. Now taxpayers have to pay for the prosecution case against Douglas Atwell and Wayne Silbersack, who are accused in the matter of scamming the U.S. Army. The two men have already pled guilty, from what I understand. If they're sentenced to prison time, taxpayers will have to pay for their room and board. (The same goes for anyone else convicted in the matter.)
It's bad enough paying for government waste, but when people set out to defraud fellow taxpayers, it's doubly depressing. Rather than tossing these folks into a penitentiary it would make much more sense to have them work off not only the cost of the items they used in the scam, but the cost of the case against them and the cost of their own incarceration. The money they earn should be returned to taxpayers. Of course, all the paperwork for that particular resolution would cost an awful lot of money, no doubt to be paid for by the taxpayers.
posted at: 10:40 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
