how many cars you own ?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:19 pm

Uncle Sam. He's got 642,233 of them. me we only own 3 2 saturns and a pick up truck .
Operating those vehicles - maintenance, leases and fuel - cost taxpayers a whopping $3.4 billion last year, according to General Services Administration data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press.

While Cabinet and other officials say they need the vehicles to do their jobs, watchdogs say mismanagement of the government fleet is costing millions of dollars a year in wasteful spending.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200807 ... VJIG8.html

Err · Post by **Err** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:37 pm

All government cars ought to be Smarts. I bet that would cut down on the joyriding on our money.

MRCOMPUTER · Post by **MRCOMPUTER** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:41 pm

About 20 years ago, GSA sold off the government fleet of vehicles and started to lease vehicles. This was a cost saving venture that backfired. We used to manage our own vehicles and maintain them. There was very few using them for personal taxi cabs. Now, they cost us more and misuse is not controlled. Thank the powers that be for this one................

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:44 pm

Mr. Computer, are you saying that the outsourcing and privatizing of government operations is actually wasting more taxpayer dollars? I can't believe that. Everyone knows that consultants and contractors are better at saving taxpayer dollars than government employees. Remember, a smaller government is always better....

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:36 pm

i own 4.