What's Another $41.2 Million Dollars To Connecticut Taxpayers

Connecticut Taxpayers were beaten up again this week. The Yankee Institute for Public Policy reported on two massive losses for Connecticut Taxpayers which added up to $41.2 million dollars in lost money.
First was a state audit that found the problematic Department of Economic and Community Development forgave or modified state loans to companies totaling $23.6 million and awarding $16 million in excess assistance through the ill fated First Five Plus program.  There seems to be a constant theme in the Department of Economic and Community Development of a lack of oversight, whistle blower complaints and most importantly a massive waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies in trying to create a handful of what seems to be jobs that are non existent and or politically connected.  Why this Department still operates is beyond me.
The second waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies occurred when the Department of Corrections in an audited example of 678 cases by 10 employees that they did not have 659 out of 678 approved union leave forms on file, accounting for 5,164 hours of paid time off.  For two employees the result was in 230 and 404 days of consecutive leave in each case.  The total waste to Connecticut Taxpayers was a mere $2.2 million dollars.  Apparently the Department of Corrections does not wish to follow rules and laws in granting this union leave. 
These two audited examples account for a mere $41.2 million dollars in wasted monies.  And I will continue to remind you that Connecticut has $140 billion dollars worth of short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that is ignored on a daily basis by the Connecticut Democrat Party.  It seems to follow a very familiar pattern here in Connecticut state unions are given anything they want disregarding rules and laws while political connected corporate welfare marches on unabated and unchecked.
Thus Connecticut Taxpayers monies continue to be wasted.  State audits and auditors are ignored.  Laws and rules governing state agencies are ignored.  The waste seems to be endless in our state government.  And the lack of respect shown to Connecticut Taxpayers by the Connecticut Democrat Party continues. 
Here is a thought.  The $41.2 million dollars is probably a small portion of the massive amount of waste that occurs daily in state government.  The $41.2 million dollars that was wasted in these two examples could have fixed and repaired a great deal of our roads and bridges in the state (without tolls). 
How much waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies is taking place on a daily basis?  $1 billion dollars a year?  $2 billion dollars a year?  Pick a number?  Who knows?  A full forensic audit of our entire state government is needed immediately. 
We do know that the Connecticut Democrat Party does seem to care nor worry about laws or audits in the state when it comes to accounting for Connecticut Taxpayers monies.  The waste continues day in and day out, year in and year out.  It is never ending.