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.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Senator Coburn's Wastebook 2011

Here is the Table of Contents to Senator Tom Coburn's Wastebook 2011...
  1. Politicians Partying on the Taxpayer Dime – (Presidential Election Campaign Fund) $35.38 Million
  2. Mangled Mango Effort Could Hurt Farmers It Meant to Help – (Pakistan) $30 Million
  3. Poor Planning Hobbles Air Force Green Energy Effort – (Department of Defense) $14 Million
  4. Subsidy Program for Small Airports Fails to Help Most Recipients Achieve Sustainable Air Service – (Federal Aviation Administration) $6 Million
  5. Paying for Pancakes – (Washington, D.C.) $765,828
  6. The Super-Bridge to Nowhere – (Alaska) $15.3 Million
  7. Dead Federal Employees Continue to Get Benefits Checks – (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) $120 Million
  8. Extreme Home Makeover: Federal Highway Funds to Transform Abandoned "Rock House" into Visitors Center - (Oklahoma) $529,689
  9. Video Game Preservation – (New York) $113,277
  10. Millions In Foreign Aid to… China? – (Department of State & U.S. Agency for International Development) $17.80 Million
Click here for the full report.
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