And there are those that would accuse Bush of spending too much…
According to WordNetDaily, the self proclaimed US government waste tracker
‘In other words,’ as Jeffrey Birnbaum of Fortune magazine says, ‘the war on terror is being used as a ruse to justify all sorts of spending.’ He points out that 2000-2003 spending
or could it be this…
“…sentenced Rex to six years on her guilty plea to forgery, suspending four years of the sentence. The first of her four years on probation must be spent on house arrest.
Rex admitted stealing a total of $500 from three elderly residents of the home in West Lafayette. But she paid a total of $700 in restitution.”
So what’s the bet for Koslowski’s punishment, could it be this…
“Federal judge stands by mild sentence of embezzler
A federal judge sentenced a former bank executive convicted of embezzlement to serve eight hours in custody for a second time after an appeals court asked him to reconsider the sentence.
U.S. District Judge Edwin Nelson on Thursday ordered Mari Sanders of Vestavia Hills to serve a day in jail, six months in a community corrections facility and pay a $10,000 fine for stealing $187,000.”
Which works out at a pretty good salary - 2 x 187 - 10 = $364,000 per year
An $11,000 shower curtain, a $2000 waste basket, wait it gets better…
“Dennis Kozlowski and two of his alleged partners in corporate crime were charged yesterday with looting their own company out of $600 million.
The staggering figure was revealed in criminal indictments and separate lawsuits filed by Tyco and the Securities and Exchange Commission that accuse Kozlowski of using the plundered money to fund a lavish - and cheesy - lifestyle.
Among other things, he allegedly spent $1 million in Tyco money on a birthday bash for his second wife, Karen Mayo, that featured an ice sculpture of Michelangelo’s David - which sprayed vodka from its penis.”
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