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Friday, August 03, 2012

Government Motors: Feds Keep Expanding Fleet Of Cars

Budgets may be tight, but the federal government has increased its fleet of cars to 449,000 vehicles — or nearly one for every seven federal employees — according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Department of Veterans Affairs saw the biggest jump, adding 49 percent more vehicles between 2005 and 2011 — or even more than the Homeland Security Department, which was new in 2005 and has steadily grown since, including doubling the size of the U.S. Border Patrol.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

More veterans screwed up from war, more services needed, including transportation.

Anonymous said...

More like somebody has to buy all those Chevy Volts the Idiot in Chief keeps pushing.