General Demoted for lavish spending

[Lisa O'Brien]

http://news.yahoo.com/general-demoted-lavish-travel-spending-035724...

Wow - I'm glad this is how my taxes are being spent. Who ever approved these expenses also needs to be demoted and or fired. 

"A report by the Defense Department inspector general found that Ward used military vehicles to shuttle his wife on shopping trips and to a spa and billed the government for a refueling stop overnight in Bermuda, where the couple stayed in a $750 suite. The report detailed lengthy stays at lavish hotels for Ward, his wife and his staff members, and the use of five-vehicle motorcades when he traveled to Washington.

The report also said Ward and his wife, Joyce, accepted dinner and Broadway show tickets from a government contractor during a trip during which he went backstage to meet actor Denzel Washington. The couple and several staff members also spent two nights at the Waldorf Astoria hotel."

[Willy]

Multiply this by the thousands of Government officials who are feeding at the trough at our expense both at the State and Federal level. As bad as this is, what amazes me even more is the size of the pensions we give these people. The ordinary citizen will be fortunate to get a pension or even SS the way things are going. 

"Retiring as a three-star general will cost Ward about $30,000 a year in retirement pay, giving him close to $208,802 a year rather than the $236,650 he would receive as a four-star general."