Ed Feulner Recommend this article   It's not yet five years old,
but it's already experienced at throwing away cash. A recent
congressional report found that 32 DHS contracts "experienced
significant overcharges, wasteful spending or mismanagement."
Federal credit cards were used to buy beer-brewing equipment and
iPods. Tax money was squandered on luxury hotels and "training"
sessions at golf and tennis resorts.  Altogether, those
contracts cost the government -- meaning you and me -- $34
billion. Sadly, a lot of that was wasted.  DHS says it can solve
the problems -- if it can hire more inspectors. "We need more,"
Elaine Duke, the DHS chief procurement officer, told lawmakers.
"We have an increase coming in the current '07 budget of about
200 additional [workers], and we are working towards needing
even more over time."  But the answer isn't to hire more
bureaucrats to supervise what the current bureaucrats are doing.
There's a simpler, cheaper and more permanent solution: Allow
300 million Americans to revi