Wastebook 20 us senate, united states government, coburn m. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. The annual, lengthy account features 100 examples of federal costs. Tax breaks for brothels, paying federal workers for not working and the obamacare website all made sen. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final wastebook. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Tom coburns 20 wastebook, in which the oklahoma republican outlines 100 examples of government waste that collectively cost the u. Trouble is, a closer look at coburns wastebook which, mind you, was also footed by taxpayers suggests theres less here than advertised.
He added, had congress, in particular, been focused on doing its job of setting priorities and cutting the kind of wasteful spending outlined in this report, we could have avoided both a government shutdown and a flawed budget deal that was designed to avert a shutdown. Wastebook 2011 1 dear taxpayer, robot dragons, video games, christmas trees, snow cone machines, and chocolate. The 10 dumbest examples of how government wastes taxpayer. Coburn as oklahomas junior senator, appears to be the closest to mirroring the wastebook. Tom coburn released his annual wastebook on tuesday, outlining 100 examples of what he. Coburn cites a us department of agriculture usda rural loan assistance program which made loan.
For years, senator tom coburn rok resisted the temptation to talk in broad generalities about wasteful government spending and has instead been willing. Tom coburn, seen on capitol hill in 20, has died at the age of 72. Senators wastebook notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. The animalonatreadmill trope appears again in 2014s wastebook, in the criticism of a study published on oct. Coburn offered more amendments than any of his colleagues. So coburn s report illustrates the success of the big government to which he himself is an occasional contributor. Confronted with selfimposed budget cuts necessary to trim years of trillion dollar shortfalls, washington protested that it could not live within its means. The wastebook is a complicated subject to write about objectively. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Highlights from coburns 20 wastebook its not just the bunny rubs that raise coburns ire in his buzzy wastebook, an annual catalog of stupid.
Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexuallyoriented language. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of. Senator tom coburn released his wastebook 2012, a report outlining wasteful federal policies. Tom coburns annual wastebook this year, but the oklahoma republican aimed much of his. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. What i have learned from these experiences is washington will never change itself, he said. These are just some of the ways the federal government spent your tax dollars this year. The 10 dumbest examples of how government wastes taxpayer dollars here are the 10 dumbest ways your tax dollars were spent last year, according to sen. Tom coburn s annual wastebook this year, but the oklahoma republican aimed much of his.
Wastebook 20 4 employees for not performing any duties. Tom coburns annual wastebook, a ranking of 2014s top 100 worst examples of government waste, including out. Coburns 20 government wastebook featured samhsa on page 64 youre invited to a hollywood party at paramount studiossponsored by u. Coburn publishes wastebook 20 committee for a responsible. While the office worked to accumulate reports older than those dated 2000, gao reports that only 21 percent of the reports distributed from 2001 to. Over this same period, some services to veterans were halted or curtailed and progress to reduce the veterans disability claims backlog was stalled. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final wastebook. Over the past 12 months, washington politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to rein in. Heavy on snark and mockery, it identifies dozens of examples of obscure federal spending, many of. What do nasas green ninja, calm wives and military weapons in afghanistan have in common. Coburn amendment restricts nsf political science funding. It attempted to take hostage the symbols of america to exact ransom from taxpayers.
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