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That he politically thinks that it's right or wrong. >> not at all. >> his job is getting to know it and understand it. >> all about the numbers. >> you have done a great job. >> thank you. >> you do feel like you enjoy your work. >> yeah, look, in the end what it is, it's something really affecting us. and i didn't realize until i dug into it how many people are being affected by $862 billion that we're going to have to pay taxes on and ultimately pay interest on for years. >> i helped pick this coverage up. and i feel like you squeezed me out. >> that was kind of my strategy from the beginni...

Why not start your discovery today? all: i did. >> bret: and now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. federal investigators have reportedly received more than 730 allegations of waste and fraud in stimulus act funding so far. "the washington times" reports as much as 60% of some agencies oversight budgets will go to policing the $862 billion being spent on various projects. the recovery act set aside $205 million for auditors to root out fraud. the inspector general said they have sent 19 cases to u.s. attorneys. three cases to the irs, and two the fbi so far. the inspector genera...

Are in the united states. so that could actually bring the unemployment rate down by about 1/2%. meanwhile, the stimulus is also creating the number of jobs for the federal government investigating fraud of the stimulus. >> wait a second, is that allowed? >> that's so crazy. >> that's insane. >> that's so crazy. yeah, how many jobs was it? >> it's $205 million worth of jobs. >> there's 730 allegations already of fraud with the stimulus funding. remember, the stimulus is $862 billion. so there's a lot of room for some hanky-panky going on there. >> the thing is, do they continue the investigati...

Gunk, they're steaming food. so that's the basic idea. we've got some pictures here for you. that's how they're spending some of that money. this fits in with what the first lady has been talking about including recently at the national governors association. >> we can't forget, for example, that 31 million of our children participate in federal school meal programs, so we don't want to be in the position where we take one step forward with parents making good decisions but then we take two steps back when lunchtime rolls around at school and kids are faced with poor choices in the school cafe...

Will get stimulus money to be fixed. you can stop wondering now. josh tells me the decision -- >> it's done. >> -- all made. >> out of the vice president's office today we heard this. when we hear from viewers they ask, what about the roads near me? they hear about $862 million in stimulus. >> most of which are not -- >> most of it's benefits. >> things with shovels, right. >> we have a break-down for you. the vast majority of this has not been spent. $862 billion total. and you have a hundred something going to tax cuts and $179 billion paid to projects, but $31 billion on specific projects. ...