American tax dollars, well spent?

A very good question. But what do we (The American People) know? We pay them, they don't pay us. We are not working for one of those "Genius Think Tanks" that they spend so much of our tax dollars to make decisions for Us. Most of the time they can't even execute a "think Tank" plan effectively. Maybe we should join the ranks and create our own think tank company? but those of us that are thinking of others and not ourselves will never get that government cash because they are in the business of what will it get them...

Instead they waste our money on War in a country where they can get away with a lot more. I mean who is going to believe a detained Iraqi that he as well as possibly thousands of others that they were abused?

Jailed Two Years, Iraqi Tells of Abuse by Americans
By Michael Moss and Souad Mekhennet
The New York Times

Instead why don't we take care of our own People? For instance, those good hard working folks down in New Orleans and other areas destroyed by Katrina?

In Setback for New Orleans, Fed-Up Residents Give Up
By Shaila Dewan
The New York Times