Jenny Walty

Now that I work in a contract oversight office I have well formed view of those billions of dollars flowing from tax payer to private contractors through the government. There are government workers who are paid good salaries and excellent benefits to make sure contracts and vendors have the requisite responsibility to warrant the expenditure of taxpayers dollars.

But someone is not doing their job. Hundreds of billions of tax dollars go to private contractors every year -- a lot of it needless pork barrel spending. There's a new bill to create a public database of every federal contract, but a Senator who famously fought for a "bridge to nowhere" won't let it come up for a vote. Demand accountability now and we'll deliver your message to Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.

Without public accountability, there is no way to reign in the government or make government spending reflective of the people's needs. Most local government, including NYC, has some level of transparency and the Feds should have the same.

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