Posted on 10/16/2012 3:57:09 PM PDT by LucyT
What do robotic squirrels, menus for Martian meals and a musical about climate change have in common?
They've all been made possible with taxpayer assistance, according to the latest survey of government waste put out by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Known simply as the Waste Book, the report is a watchlist of eye-opening expenditures, which Coburn blames on a "let them eat caviar" attitude in Washington -- at a time when "23 million of our fellow Americans do not have good jobs," Coburn notes.
Coburn, while chiding the agencies that spend this money for their "lack of judgment," said Congress is also to blame for failing in its oversight duties.
For instance:
-- Though skeptics say there's no such thing as a free cellphone or service funded by the federal government, Coburn's report shows otherwise. It estimates that taxpayers are subsidizing phone service at a cost of nearly $1.5 billion a year. Though the roots of the program can be traced back to an effort in the 1930s to make sure all Americans had access to telecommunications, it has morphed into a program that provided free cell service to some 16,500,000 participants last year.
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Tell me why the Department of Education needs a SWAT team? In fact, I do believe that EVERY federal department has a SWAT team. Why? Talk about wasting our money...
Thanks for posting. Interesting. HOORAY Senator Tom Coburn!
“Socialism Is Legal Plunder” - The Law - Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
BIG GOVERNMENT IS CRONY SOCIALISM
This should be a major focus of the Romney admin. Of course it won’t be because too many RINOs have been party to it.
If anyone would get serious about cutting the fat, you could knock that deficit down quickly. So many departments, programs, and positions should be eliminated immediately. My favorite BS position - Chief diversity officer. Really?
The Constitution is pretty clear about the Federal government’s responsibilities. I see no reason to expand that. If the states, or cities want to waste money on these worthless projects, let their residents cough up the money.
With all due respect to Senator Coburn, this remains my all-time favorite:
http://cnsnews.com/node/75198
With all due respect to Senator Coburn, this remains my all-time favorite:
http://cnsnews.com/node/75198
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