spent $890,000 on maintenance fees for bank accounts with no money in them<\/a>. Watchdog groups say the government should close the accounts faster. They\u2019re missing the point.<\/p>\nSuppose Congress gives Dog Gone a $500,000 grant to study how assault weapons exacerbate global warming. The government opens an account to hold the funds, Dog Gone receives period draws until the money is spent, and afterwards, the government audits the expenditures to make sure they were proper for grant funds. If not, Dog Gone must repay the money \u2013 so naturally, the account must be held open for her to pay the money into. If it takes a few years to complete the audit, the government pays fees to maintain an empty account.<\/p>\n
The underlying premise is the government should give grants in the first place. Reject the premise. Don\u2019t give her the grant. Then there would be no account to pay maintenance fee on. We\u2019d save far more than the million in maintenance fees.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n
Como Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Talk about attacking symptoms…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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