As we have become well aware in seven years of the Bush Administration, knowledge and information is bad, especially if it leaks to the press and it implicates the White House in something wrong, or even illegal. That's why George is giving a certain segment of the economy a boost, those hard working shredders in the D.C. area. It's a win-win situation, information gets destroyed and people in D.C. can get jobs as shredders, improving the economy....or something like that.
From Radar:
Behold, the Bush Administration in chart form: Federal spending on paper shredding has increased more than 600 percent since George W. Bush took office. This chart, generated by usaspending.gov, the U.S. government's brand spanking new database of federal expenditures, shows spending on "contracts for paper shredding services" going back to 2000. Click here for the full, heartbreaking breakdown. In 2000, the feds spent $452,807 to make unpleasant truths go away; by 2006, the "Cheney Effect" had bumped that number up to $2.9 million. And by halfway through 2007, the feds almost matched that number, with $2.7 million and counting. Pretty much says it all.
Yes, that does pretty much say it all.
There must be so many incriminating documents on that block of Pennsylvania Avenue that shredders from across the country flock to D.C. to get a chance to destroy all sorts of information. Now my question is, for $2.9 million dollars, what is the cost ratio for one piece of paper. That would be interesting to find out.
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