Latest in Government Waste

[cj's dad]

Here are some of the greatest hits:



$120 million in retirement and disability benefits to federal employees who have died
$30 million to help Pakistani Mango farmers
$550,000 for a documentary about how rock music contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union
$10 million for a remake of “Sesame Street” for Pakistan:bang:

$764,825 to examine how college students use mobile devices for social networking.
$113,227 for a video game preservation center in New York
$765,828 to subsidize a “pancakes for yuppies” program in Washington, D.C.
$100,000 for a celebrity chef show in Indonesia
$175,587 for a study on the link between cocaine and the mating habits of quail
$606,000 for a study about online dating
$17.80 Million in Foreign Aid to… China – (Department of State & U.S. Agency for International Development)
The Super-Bridge to Nowhere – (Alaska) $15.3 Million
taxpayer funded $4,000,000 - 17 day vacation in Hawaii :rolleyes:
the link:
http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/12/21/coburn-details-7-billion-in-waste-from-100-dumb-projects/

[Tom]

Don't forget Obama's paycheck.

Obviously, the entire miserable excuse of a governement should be working OVERTIME this holiday season.

Hey, how about this - no elect official gets a dime in pay or benefits or budget for his/her office. Every penny they get will have to directly from savings they uncover from waste.