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

The Pork Report

Senator Tom Coburn, MD has an excellent web page titled the "The Pork Report" which lists how politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists are spending your tax dollars. Here's an example from the March 7 edition identifying at least $70,224,110 in wasteful Washington spending:
  • $1 million lottery winner who bought a new home and car receiving food stamps; “I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was okay because I’m not working.” click here to read more
  • Part of an $11 million grant intended to provide business attire to 400 low-income job-seekers helped only two people click here to read more
  • Congressional staff receive pay bonuses click here to read more
  • Detroit paying city employees overtime to go on a spending spree with federal cash; The city has accumulated nearly $70 million in unspent community development and if it isn’t spent, the city risks not get as much money in future years click here to read more
  • Party in the USDA: Agriculture Secretary kicks off department’s 150th anniversary the commemoration and USDA field offices across the country will celebrate all year click here to read more
  • Massachusetts anti-poverty agency misspent up to $224,110 in federal grants, including pay to top exec who spent afternoons playing video poker and card games at casino click here to read more
  • USDA rural development grant paying for a gateway arch at the entry of an Oregon town with less than 10,000 residents click here to read more
  • Naked Cow Dairy receives USDA grant to promote its cheese even though it doesn’t even have the equipment to make cheese on a commercial scale click here to read more
  • Federal funds pay to give store fronts and building facades in Texas a facelift click here to read more
Click here for more examples.
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