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.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Portraits

At a time when the government is running a $16 trillion deficit and furloughing employees due to the sequestration, the Environmental Protection Agency spent nearly $40,000 on a portrait of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, the military spent $41,200 on a painting of Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley, and the Agriculture Department $22,500 for a 3-by-4-foot oil portrait of Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack.
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