The wanton waste of taxpayer dollars for folly and fraudulent cronyism profit has been going on for decades.  That won't change much, regardless of who is at the wheel.  Who doesn't remember a time when stories such as the military buying $2,300 toilets were commonplace, regardless of who was president? When President Obama took office, he promised to create sweeping changes in the federal government that would cut costs and make us more efficient.  From About.com: "But I will also go through the federal budget line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less, because we cannot meet 21st-century challenges with a 20th-century bureaucracy." He would investigate the far-reaching corners of the federal government and make us lean and mean.  Likewise, these promises were part of Obamacare's commitment to reduce the cost of health care: "My plan invests in eliminating waste in our health care system..."...(Read Full Post)