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‘Breathtaking’ Waste and Fraud in Hurricane AidPosted on Jun 27, 2006Scams, schemes and bureaucratic snafus related to federal aid for Hurricane Katrina cost taxpayers at least $2 billion.
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By felicity smith, June 27, 2006 at 11:40 am #
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“The blatant fraud, the audacity of the schemes, the scale of the waste - it’s just breathtaking”, said Senator Susan Collins. No, she’s not talking about the behavior of Congress here but she just as well could have been. Moral indignation at the behavior of some Katrina victims rings a little hollow when coming from a member of a government body in which blatant fraud, audacity of schemes, and scale of waste is merely business as usual.
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