at $99.59 a barrel. it appears that some of the folks that got jobs implementing the president s stimulus program were hired in spite of the fact they have not paid taxes. correspondent shannon bream reports on money going out the door and not coming back in. why should somebody get a federal contract if they owe the federal government money? that was the question on capitol hill today in the wake of a stunning report from the government accountability office showing that at least 3700 entities that got federal stimulus mup together owed more than $750 million in back taxes. we have rampant tax delinquency most contractors and no way to stop it. current law does not bar companies with unpaid taxes scoring government contracts but the administration points to other steps it s taking to crackdown on the problem. , companies that want federal contracts are required to
at $99.59 a barrel. it appears that some of the folks that got jobs implementing the president s stimulus program were hired in spite of the fact they have not paid taxes. correspondent shannon bream reports on money going out the door and not coming back in. why should somebody get a federal contract if they owe the federal government money? that was the question on capitol hill today in the wake of a stunning report from the government accountability office showing that at least 3700 entities that got federal stimulus mup together owed more than $750 million in back taxes. we have rampant tax delinquency most contractors and no way to stop it. current law does not bar companies with unpaid taxes scoring government contracts but the administration points to other steps it s taking to crackdown on the problem. , companies that want federal contracts are required to