Thursday, December 11, 2008

Bush's Broken Government: By the Numbers

PublicIntegrity,com

Just a few of the lowlights in this hyena dungfest: 

• 1,273 whistleblower complaints filed from 2002-2008; 1,256 were dismissed

• $212.3 million in overcharges by Halliburton for Iraq oil reconstruction work

• $455 billion deficit for fiscal year 2008; estimated to reach up to $1 trillion in 2009 

• $9.91 billion for government secrecy in 2007 — a record

• 935 demonstrably false statements in lead-up to Iraq war by President Bush and seven members of his administration



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