It seems like every day I read about how government wastes money so I thought I would record them. Since I began this blog, I have been stunned by the amount of waste, fraud, and mismanagement I have found. I recognize that some government is necessary for any society to exist but without the "profit incentive" that we have in private enterprise, government continues to grow like a cancer and along with it the potential for abuse. If you ever needed a reason to limit government, just read some of the following posts.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Russian Nuclear Scientists: $15 Million

A Cold War-era program called the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention has in many years been appropriated far more than it can spend, according to Coburn's report. The Department of Energy (DOE) has admitted that the program overlaps with other government nonproliferation initiatives. Contrary to its original mission of ensuring that former Soviet nuclear experts did not go to work for rogue nations or terrorist groups, the program has helped Russian weapons institutes recruit scientists. The DOE says the program has created nearly 2,800 private sector jobs in Russia.
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