Most people wouldn’t have any idea what a Comptroller General is - nor would anybody think that the GAO actually achieves any semblance of “federal accountability.” I’ve walked by that building multiple times in D.C. and always wondered to myself: now that they’re no longer the accounting office, what are they doing?

It’s quite a statement that we have such a labyrinthine federal government that we spend half-a-billion dollars each year over there trying to figure out what in the world the government is doing. Then we surprised whenever they say something that makes sense!! . . . though they could have just paid one of the homeless camped outside their building $5 to point out that spending more than you have is unsustainable.

In the end, even Walker, a Clinton Democrat, recognizes a broken system when he sees it - though it may just be because Bush is in office. I’ll have my ear to the ground to see if he changes his tune in the event of a Democratic presidency.

Thanks for the link.

Rome indeed.