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Bankrupt Social Security Administration Sends Managers To Posh, $750,000 Retreat

Jul 13 2009 12:00AM

When AIG does it it’s an indication of the evils and greed of capitalism and headline news around the country. When the federal government does it… http://townhall.com/columnists/AustinHi ... ng_scandal

Last week the Social Security Administration flew approximately 700 of its managers from across the U.S. and Guam to Phoenix, Arizona�s posh Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort, for �organizational training.� The event, which included musical entertainment and dancing, skits, catered food, cocktails, and a �casino night� featuring �door prizes,� cost us lowly taxpayers approximately $750,000.

Forget that the Social Security Administration, a division of the U.S. Government to which every American is required by force of law to hand-over a portion of their earnings, has been headed for insolvency for over a decade. Ignore the fact that SSA is estimated to waste hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars each year in faulty �overpayments.�

For the record, the point at which Social Security’s outlays are more than the revenues it collects is seven years away. And this month our one-year national budget deficit crossed the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever.

So yeah. This is a great time for retreats at posh resorts.

http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=404881

Sunday, July 12, 2009

The $750,000 Government-Employee Pampering Scandal

by Austin Hill

How quickly can 700 government employees spend three-quarters of a million taxpayer dollars at a resort hotel?

Last week the Social Security Administration flew approximately 700 of its managers from across the U.S. and Guam to Phoenix, Arizona’s posh Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort, for “organizational training.â€