Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has released his 2011 Wastebook which is your handy guide for some of the most egregious wastes of taxpayer money. The following are a few of my favorites:
$14 million to convert 3 Alaska radar stations from diesel power to wind turbine power.
$765,828 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in Washington D.C.
$15 million for super bridge to nowhere in Alaska
$120 million in benefits checks to dead federal employees
$113,227 for video game preservation
$17.8 million in foreign aid to the Chicoms
$484,000 to fund drug-themed “Mellow Mushroom” pizza joint in Arlington, TX
$10 million to remake the Pakistani version of Sesame Street
But I don’t want to spoil all of the fun. Follow this link to scroll through 67 pages of pure spending foolishness.
I saw today that the approval rating for Congress is at an all-time low of 11%. Those 11% need to be hunted down and “re-educated”.
Thank you Senator Coburn for sharing this.
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