“Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears. “
Robert W. Sarnoff

Being that it’s tax time and newswise I’ve been caught up with the crazy-astro-lady, I thought this story was just special. What’s even better is that other than the Daily Show the only info on this I’ve seen I had to do an internet search for. Now being that I work for a non-profit I know how funders tend to go over things with a fine tooth comb to make sure the money is spent in the right manner. So I really don’t understand how a government, or anyone for that matter, loses track of $12 Billion in cash. Keep in mind this with the oversight committee only looking over 10% of contracts in relation to Iraq. Just think how much might be lost after the other 90% are looked into. I’m saying I’ve misplaced a five spot. I’ve looked over my statement and could recall where a dub went. But $12 billion in Cash!?!?! One person can’t even carry that. You can’t fit that in the trunk of your car. How the hell do you lose $12 billion? There aren’t that many people that can produce that much and I’m quite sure none of them would ever lose it. The messed up part is that’s your money. That money came out of your check…and mine. In a country where $10,000 could change the average persons life, it’s hard to concieve that our country would only notice such a large amount gone in oversight. It seem like the Crazy-astro-lady was just something else to take our attention away. Honestly I give up on the news. I get more information from Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher than I do actual news sources.