“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small,but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”
– President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09
Nope, still ain’t workin’. That would be one justice system for us little people and another one for Government workers within the Obama Administration. To wit:
Justice Dept. declines to prosecute VA fraudsters
A pair of Department of Veterans Affairs officials who defrauded the VA for $400,000 will not face any criminal charges, despite an inspector general’s request that they both face a criminal investigation. In an inspector general report made public in September, Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves were both accused of manipulating a VA program meant to ease the strain of moving agency employees between cities. The watchdog referred the matter to the Department of Justice for a criminal inquiry.
But prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia ruled against pursuing charges late last week, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday, effectively eliminating any possibility that the two officials will face consequences for their actions.
So, with explicit evidence of malfeasance within an agency that has blithely put “good numbers and good bonuses” before helping the vets it is responsible for caring, the Obama Administration has, once again, made a political judgement and made it clear. Just like in the IRS / Lois Lerner case, just like the EPA / Gold mine fiasco, and countless others, that judgement is that government is above the Law. Not us, those that it is supposed to serve, but Government just like in times gone by when Royalty could do no wrong. Is this what it has come down to?
And of course, not only did Obama’s Dept. of Justice decide to sit on its hands and turn the other way, so did the VA as well:
The VA declined to fire Rubens and Graves in November. Although the agency planned instead to demote the embattled officials, a paperwork mistake spared the two from even that minimal punishment.
Sigh…
(H/T: Washington Examiner)
