Comments on: Are the Criticisms of the Gov’s Stimulus Site Legit? http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Astute_Observer http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit#comment-22624 Astute_Observer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:36:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42043#comment-22624 ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long - if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' - golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' ... this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish ... or both? ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long – if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' – golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' … this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish … or both?

]]> By: Astute_Observer http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit#comment-19236 Astute_Observer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42043#comment-19236 ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long - if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' - golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' ... this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish ... or both? ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long – if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' – golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' … this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish … or both?

]]> By: Astute_Observer http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit#comment-12951 Astute_Observer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:36:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42043#comment-12951 ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long - if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' - golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' ... this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish ... or both? ProPublica may not have really wanted the credit. This article is WAY to long – if the question is 'where there data entry errors ..' – golly, we hope so! Duh? Either there is fraud illustrated there, or the system providing controls to this 800 billion dollar program is seriously flawed. This isn't a small business that created a data base program to track expenditures and had an 'oops' … this is, yet again, a huge government program without adequate oversight and controls. Fraud or foolish … or both?

]]> By: Aliandra http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit#comment-12871 Aliandra Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:29 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42043#comment-12871 Shouldn't credit to ProPublica appear at the top of the story, not the bottom? Shouldn't credit to ProPublica appear at the top of the story, not the bottom?

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/42043/are-the-criticisms-of-the-gov%e2%80%99s-stimulus-site-legit#comment-12858 JoMa Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42043#comment-12858 It always amazes me when people dismiss poor performance and dismal quality control when "big government" screws something up. <br><br>Excuses by the ton. Big government involvement in our everyday lives is the answer. When the reports started coming out about what a fiasco the "cash for clunkers" program turned out to be, there was this same sentiment - - well it was a simple data glitch.<br><br>We would never tolerate such sloppiness in the private sector, yet we excuse it in government. Why is that? It always amazes me when people dismiss poor performance and dismal quality control when “big government” screws something up.

Excuses by the ton. Big government involvement in our everyday lives is the answer. When the reports started coming out about what a fiasco the “cash for clunkers” program turned out to be, there was this same sentiment – - well it was a simple data glitch.

We would never tolerate such sloppiness in the private sector, yet we excuse it in government. Why is that?

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