Coburn Releases List of 100 Most Wasteful Federal Programs

PJ Tatler ^ | December 20, 2011 | Rick Moran

[decimon]

Keep going, doc. I think you’re on to something:

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today released a new oversight report, “Wastebook 2011″ that highlights over $6.5 billion in examples of some of the most egregious ways your taxpayer dollars were wasted. This report details 100 of the countless unnecessary, duplicative and low-priority projects spread throughout the federal government.

“Video games, robot dragons, Christmas trees, and magic museums. This is not a Christmas wish list, these are just some of the ways the federal government spent your tax dollars. Over the past 12 months, politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to reign in the federal government’s out of control spending. All the while, Washington was on a shopping binge, spending money we do not have on things we do not absolutely need. Instead of cutting wasteful spending, nearly $2.5 billion was added each day in 2011 to our national debt, which now exceeds $15 trillion,” Dr. Coburn said.

[Ann Archy]

Ron Paul is CERTIFIABLE and I believe an anti-Semite. NO ONE but a David Duke would pick him as VP.

[DainBramage]

Paul is a nut job and will bring down whatever chance conservatives have to win.

[LS]

Thanks. You are the second person to tell me that, even though my director of 35 years insists noire is correct.

[LS]

Ok, talked to Sen. Coburn’s office and straightened things out. This is not our film, “Rockin’ the Wall,” and it’s possible we’ll see some sort of publicity as the Senator distinguishes between a privately-financed (and sold) film and one done by the gubment.

[Oatka]

. . . whenever any congressperson proposes something like spending $764,825 to study how college students use mobile devices for social networking, he should have to find 76 families and stand up in front of them and tell them why he beleives he should take their money by threat of force

A great idea. Wish some of our pols would think of that.

[CPT Clay]

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