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, September 10, 2012

Pork Barrel Spending

  • $107,000 to study the sex life of the Japanese quail.
  • $1.2 million to study the breeding habits of the woodchuck.
  • $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
  • $84,000 to find out why people fall in love.
  • $1 million to study why people don't ride bikes to work.
  • $19 million to examine gas emissions from cow flatulence.
  • $144,000 to see if pigeons follow human economic laws.
  • $219,000 to teach college students how to watch television.
  • $2 million to construct an ancient Hawaiian canoe.
  • $20 million for a demonstration project to build wooden bridges.
  • $160,000 to study if you can hex an opponent by drawing an X on his chest.
  • $800,000 for a restroom on Mt. McKinley.
  • $100,000 to study how to avoid falling spacecraft.
  • $16,000 to study the operation of the komungo, a Korean stringed instrument.
  • $1 million to preserve a sewer in Trenton, NJ, as a historic monument.
  • $6,000 for a document on Worcestershire sauce.
  • $10,000 to study the effect of naval communications on a bull's potency.
  • $100,000 to research soybean-based ink.
  • $1 million for a Seafood Consumer Center.
  • $57,000 spent by the Executive Branch for gold-embossed playing cards on Air Force Two.
Total: $ 45,980,000
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