chanel
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TRENTON Hello? Anybody home?
The state is spending $3.2 million a year on nearly 20,000 unused landlines and mobile phones, according to a comptroller report released Wednesday. That means about one of every six government phone lines isnt needed.
"Examples of government waste dont get much clearer than that," Comptroller Matthew Boxer said.
He said after cutting employees, agencies did not disconnect their phone lines.
"In the meantime, the state is paying for it," Boxer said. "After years of this system not being closely monitored, weve ended up with thousands of lines that are not being used."
One mobile phone was funded for nearly six years after an employee resigned. Thats one of the thousands of lines agencies have begun disconnecting in response to the audit.
N.J. agencies begin disconnecting unused phones after audit exposing $3.2M waste | NJ.com
This particular issue should not just concern the taxpayers of NJ. Proponents of large government think this is the price of doing business. We need to cut spending; not raise taxes.
The president says there's $500 billion in waste and fraud in Medicare. Have they recovered the money yet?
A billion here; a billion there; and soon you are talking about a lot of money.
I posted a story yesterday about unemployment fraud in our state. Maybe we can keep this thread alive with other examples?