The U.S. economy is in dire straits, as 15 million Americans are unemployed and 18.9 million homes are in foreclosure. The national deficit is set to hit $11 trillion dollars as well. These problems are compounded by the fact, there exists a terrible breed of corruption in government, stealing and squandering billions in taxpayer money. 

It was reported today, $8.7 billion in taxpayer money designated for rebuilding Iraq, cannot be accounted for by the U.S. Pentagon, also known as stolen. The FBI has wasted close to $1 billion dollars on a failed computer system that is being deemed a failure, as it was announced this week, the remaining phases of the roll out have been scrapped. 

The FBI's parent agency, the Justice Department, headed up by, Eric Holder, have also been accused of wasting huge sums of taxpayer money on trips, parties, arcading and skateboarding.

This year, President Obama's alleged job creation program was also an unmitigated disaster, as billions in taxpayer money was misappropriated and squandered by government officials (see: stolen). It bears the handprints of corruption.

Billions in U.S. taxpayer money is also being wasted on illegally spying on millions of Americans, in criminal violation of the Constitution, when that money could go to better things. However, President Obama, like Bush before him, has engaged in this misconduct as a continuation of illegal programs at the FBI, CIA and NSA.

The nation's finances are a mess. America is hemorrhaging money everywhere and it is adding up quite negatively. The government and bands of the corporate sector are deteriorating America - the same America they will have to live in. There is a crass phrase that states you don't defecate where you eat and that's exactly what the government is doing.