Yes! Another accountant chiming in to say this irks me. Fraud and waste is NOT 'this program that we just don't like for whatever reason.' I am all for having legitimate conversations about what we spend our taxes on. What's our return on investment in a program? (Realizing that this isn't always measured monetarily, so maybe a better me…
Yes! Another accountant chiming in to say this irks me. Fraud and waste is NOT 'this program that we just don't like for whatever reason.' I am all for having legitimate conversations about what we spend our taxes on. What's our return on investment in a program? (Realizing that this isn't always measured monetarily, so maybe a better metric is 'did our spending achieve the stated goals?') And there were already departments and personnel in place to DO this.
Yes! Another accountant chiming in to say this irks me. Fraud and waste is NOT 'this program that we just don't like for whatever reason.' I am all for having legitimate conversations about what we spend our taxes on. What's our return on investment in a program? (Realizing that this isn't always measured monetarily, so maybe a better metric is 'did our spending achieve the stated goals?') And there were already departments and personnel in place to DO this.