ATF director blows an extra $19mil on his luxury office

[allmons]

BATFE is unconstitutional and should be abolished.

buzz_knox is absolutely correct. There is no excuse or reason for BATFE, much less a reason for them to waste further tax dollars. They perform no useful function. They are an agency that really has only one function - to harrass and intimidate American citizens.

Abolish the BATFE now.

 

[KriegHund]

I have an idea-

First we'll give em a scotch (alcohol), cigarette (tobacco) and a blindfold. The n we'll shoot em (firearms) and finally blow em up (explosives).

Fitting.

 

[Justin]

For that matter, storm into your boss's office first thing in the morning and tell him/her that he can't have an expensive table.

The difference, of course, being that my boss runs a company that actually generates wealth by producing a product that people find useful. Or perhaps you'd care to point out when the last time the BATFE actually turned a profit by offering a product and/or service that the general public was willing to pay for of their own volition.

 

[TheEgg]

Do you guys also say the same thing about the white house? How about your congressmen? How about your mayor?

Yes, constantly and loudly. Not that it has done any good so far.

 

[Can'thavenuthingood]

Justin beat me to it.
My boss owns the company. What he does with his money is his business. I agreed to work for a set wage and he pays me that wage.
Whatever is left after TAXES is what I get to take home. At the current rate of purchases made by the feds, I'll have less money to take home.

Heard on the radio yesterday the FEMA is going to hire 1500 more bodies to help with disasters.

How many kingdoms will that equate to? All those currently working for FEMA will have helpers assigned to them. Those new bosses will need an office equal to their stature.

But there ain't no pork in the budget.

Vote in the primaries.

Vick

 

[antarti]

Quote:

The ATF director has also come under criticism for what some say is an excessive security detail. Truscott uses five full-time agents and two armored Chevrolet Suburbans, at the yearly cost of $1 million. This large security detail was not employed by previous ATF directors, the Washington Post reported.

perhaps he's the first ATF director to have read Unintended Consequences.....

Either that, or he's got plans for those 500 new agents that he knows a lot of us aren't going to like... which do you think is more likely?

 

[strambo]

$65k would pay the salary for one agent for one year, or it would pay for one conference table. I've never heard of anyone being hurt by a conference table. Where woud you rather have them spend their money?

Considering we're talking about BATFE...I'd rather they spend the $$$ on the table as opposed to another agent. EDIT: I just realized this was probably your point too!

 

[alan]

Latest Gun Week, 1 March issue, carried a page 1 story on this, referencing The Washington Post.

I forecast the following. The thing will be sweept under the well known carpet, and NOTHING will happen to Director Truscott.

Re this gentleman, I wonder as to the following. Who picked him and where did they find him? Just curious.

 

[Turkey Creek]

The more money any government agency over runs just means that they scream and holler at budget time the next time around for more funds because they are underfunded- It's the standard modus opperandi- The whole thing is ripe with waste and graft- Just a matter of time before the whole system collapses under it's own weight- Mark my words brothers, time is short- It's going to make the depression look like a walk in the park- This time around the Feds will not have the ability to pull the country out of it because they will be one of the biggest causes- It's going to be a total social upheaval and every man for himself-

 

[TrybalRage]

Blood money. Scumbags.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Truscott uses five full-time agents and two armored Chevrolet Suburbans, at the yearly cost of $1 million. This large security detail was not employed by previous ATF directors, the Washington Post reported.

George III would certainly have understood.

 

[LAK]

Yes, its kinda odd for someone to spend $60k on a table...But, you think thats the only $60k table in D.C.? Kinda funny how some people only think about the BATFE. Which actually, is a very important organization which investigates explosions...They do more than just pick up folks who illegally sell suppressors and sawed off shotguns...

Do you guys also say the same thing about the white house? How about your congressmen? How about your mayor? For that matter, storm into your boss's office first thing in the morning and tell him/her that he can't have an expensive table.

The highest ranking executive officer in the United States, a State Governor, and perhaps some others who must host other dignitaries ought to have a certain standard in their working environment. Not oppulent luxury and waste, but a certain level of class and quality. In the case of the WH it comes in the form of some very historical - and valuable - furniture and furnitings for example.

But $65k conference tables for a tax collection agency? In it's other ascribed roles the BATFE is a redundant organization. The FBI has a greater background and has a far longer history of dealing with crimes involving firearms and explosives that fall under Federal jurisdiction. And speaking of Federal jurisdiction; 65k furniture items for the BATFE is prime material for a Federal investigation and indictments by the FBI.

And now of course we can speculate where at least some of the missing 2.7 trillion from the Pentagon went to as well.
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[publius]

19 million in "overruns" and it sounds like we might just have Napoleon at the helm.

Or possibly Major Frank Burns from MASH...

Stay tuned, you just know the custom bathroom with the gold fixtures is going to come out soon. It seems like all of these vanity boondogglers in all governments everywhere have a thing for gold bathroom fixtures.

 

[Alex45ACP]

We need to get some politicians in office who make a commitment to cutting budgets of the BATFE and their friends.

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