Companies Defraud Government For Millions

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/17/terror/main4266824.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4266824

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Companies collected millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes, part-time offices and other ineligible locations, congressional investigators charge.

Also improperly certified were four bogus firms set up by the GAO claiming fake principal locations in HUBZone areas that were actually a Starbucks coffee shop, ineligible P.O. box addresses, or "virtual offices" consisting of part-time space.

The SBA approved each of the four firms with few questions within two to five weeks.

"You have to wonder about the Bush administration and its commitment to disadvantaged communities, when all it takes for wealthy individuals to access billions of dollars in federal contracts is a $10 P.O. Box and a bottle of Wite-out," said Rep. Nydia M. VelDazquez, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Committee on Small Business and requested the reports.

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1. My PO box is $80 a year.

How do I leverage that into billions?

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3. register as a Republican

I'm sure you'll start getting all the info you need from them on bilking the Govt ...

and then start whining about how you can't get by with all these taxes you have to pay ... say you might be going under ... the billions will start flying your way ...

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6. Yeee ha. I like it all except the repiglican part.

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2. It's like the fraud and corruption in the White House

is seeping out and infecting the entire nation.

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4. Poverty is a profitable industry. nt

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5. Very profitable indeed n/t