Ya Gotta Love The GAO

The GAO (Government Accountability Office) is probably the best organization in the US government. And Ya gotta love David M. Walker who runs it.

Texas - David M. Walker sure talks like he's running for office. "This is about the future of our country, our kids and grandkids," the comptroller general of the United States warns a packed hall at Austin's historic Driskill Hotel. "We the people have to rise up to make sure things get changed."

But Walker doesn't want, or need, your vote this November. He already has a job as head of the Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress that audits and evaluates the performance of the federal government.

Basically, that makes Walker the nation's accountant-in-chief. And the accountant-in-chief's professional opinion is that the American public needs to tell Washington it's time to steer the nation off the path to financial ruin.

BTW, I had always heard the GAO referred to as the "accounting" office and not "accountability" office. Learn something new every day.

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