Saturday, March 27, 2010

Round up the usual suspects

Jeeze its really great that we are not going to let the Feds run all of our Health Care.

I mean putting 1/6th of our GDP in their hands would only possibly lead to massive fraud and waste. 

WHAT!?? They passed it? ..............err.............................never  mind.

 
Fed's Energy Star program fails fraud test 
By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press 
 
WASHINGTON — Fifteen phony products — including a gasoline-powered alarm clock — won a label from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of the federal "Energy Star" program.

Investigators concluded the program is "vulnerable to fraud and abuse."

A report released Friday said government investigators tried to pass off 20 fake products as energy efficient, and only two were rejected. Three others didn't get a response.

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