The inclusion of "ghost" soldiers allowed massive payroll padding; ration allowances were kept by the officers while their men starved; and the sale of arms and ammunition on the black market (or to the enemy) was commonplace.
Livni's failure to broker a deal with the religious right, in particular Shas, which was demanding massive increases to child allowances and a guarantee that the government would not give up east Jerusalem, conquered by Israel in 1967, has left the nation in a political limbo.
Now, let's go back to the hand-wringing in the press and blogosphere about the so-called massive political "give-away" of allowances.
A group of charities published a report yesterday, Don't Limit Mobility, setting out their concerns about the cut, arguing that local authorities are in no position to meet the shortfall, and warning that the impact on those who receive the allowance will be "massive", "with many left unable to afford to leave their home, and denied the independence most people take for granted".
A 2010 test by independent reviewer ConsumerLab.com found vitamin levels thousands of times higher than recommended daily allowances and 207mg of caffeinea massive amount per ounce, but less than the 260mg in a Starbucks tall coffee.
In this paper, we estimate the impact on female labor force participation of a massive conditional cash transfer program—Universal Child Allowance, AUH launched in Argentina in 2009.
Greece appears on track to win access to a controversial EU programme that could earmark up to €1.75bn (£1.56bn) in free carbon allowances for the building of two massive coal-fired power plants.
"Those massive investments are offset against corporation tax under standard allowances used by all businesses, big and small.
Partly because recession has reduced industrial demand for the permits, and partly because the EU gave away too many allowances in the first place, there is massive overcapacity in the carbon market.
There is also a new savings allowance, and householders can also benefit from a massive rise in how much they can earn tax-free by taking in a lodger.
