FEMA Paying for Empty Hotel Rooms

This is why many in Congress didn't feel comfortable writing the "feel good" $200,000,000,000.00 check after Hurricane Katrina that was asked initially asked for by President Bush.

The rooms in question here are but a drop in the bucket, and more money is probably wasted daily in spilled coffee in Washington, D.C. But, this is a good example of what takes place when huge chunks of money are allocated with minimal oversight.

Here in the Detroit News.