Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Common Interests Whose books are more crooked, Worldcom, Enron, or the Federal Government?

Oh, and I don't mean to imply that every government worker is part of some scam to defraud the public.

That would be just as unrealistic as saying that then entire workforce at Enron or Worldcom is to blame for the accounting practices.

My point is for the very members of the Executive and Legislative branches, who choose to place certain federal programs (liabilities) off budget, and then borrow the payroll taxes that fund those programs to make the on budget stuff look like it is not deficit spending, to then tell corporations that their books must be transparent is the highest form of hypocracy.

If they want to lead, then they must set the example. People will follow the example, not the rhetoric.

TB