Where's the Money, George?

“According to the Boston Globe, the accounting firm KPMG states that the Bush administration could not account for half of the 5 billion dollars disbursed by the US government for Iraq reconstruction projects in the first half of 2004.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/10/16/iraq_audit_cant_find_billions/

These funds include Iraq oil revenue, US taxpayer monies and international aid.

We have a right to transparency in government. Then, we can make legitimate democratic decisions about the course our government should take. My question...

Where's the money, George?”

“There was a big story on this a while back. This administration put a bunch of fresh-out-of-college kids in charge of financial distribution in Iraq. The turnover rate was extremely high.

The administration got their resumes from the Heritage Foundation.

I can't imagine why money has gone missing.”

“I'm stunned, absolutely stunned......”

“Where in hell is my cut???”

“Just a hunch here – the money will eventually turn up – not stuffed in Paul Bremmer’s socks, not in a Halliburton exec’s Swiss account – but used to fund some brutal, secret war somewhere without the approval of Congress. I don’t really think its coincidence that so many Iran-Contra criminals are back in high places and billions go missing. Like I said – just a hunch.”