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U.S. Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever Built at $700 million ( Article)
The 104-acre compound, bigger than the Vatican and about the size of 80 football fields, boasts 21 buildings, a commissary, cinema, retail and shopping areas, restaurants, schools, a fire station, power and water treatment plants, as well as telecommunications and wastewater treatment facilities.
Taxpayer’s Paid for Michelle Obama’s African Vacation With The Air Flight Billed at Over $400,000 ( Article)
First lady Michelle Obama's family trip to South Africa and Botswana in June cost taxpayers well over $424,000, according to new accounting based on Air Force manifests obtained by Judicial Watch, a taxpayer watchdog group.
‘Extravagant’ Spending, $16 Muffins Found at Justice Department Meetings ( Article)
“Some conferences featured costly meals, refreshments, and themed breaks that we believe were indicative of wasteful or extravagant spending,” the Justice Department’s inspector general wrote in a report released today.
Light Bulb Ban Forces Remodeling of Easy Bake Oven (Article)
The federal government’s ban on the incandescent light bulb impacts even the most unexpected items, including the Easy Bake Oven, made by Hasbro, with which many young American girls play. The famous toy, first introduced in 1963, once relied on a heated bulb to bake miniature treats. However, the compact fluorescents, which are becoming...
Obama’s solar panel plant gets raided by FBI (Article)
The FBI executed an early-morning raid today on the solar panel plant that President Barack Obama swung by last year and celebrated for their green-friendly products.
Cap and Trade explained in under 10 Mins ( Video)
The "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from whats really required to tackle the climate crisis. If youve heard about Cap & Trade, but arent sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.
Dream Act Passed in California, which Approves Financial Aid for illegal immigrants(Article)
The state Assembly voted today to send Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that allows undocumented immigrant college students to receive publicly-funded financial aid.
In 2001 speech, Perry urged study on providing health insurance to Mexicans (Article)
In a mostly forgotten 2001 speech, the Texas governor had kind words for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and even promised to study a proposal for "bi-national health insurance" that would cover Mexicans and Americans alike.
$100 Million in Unused Flight Tickets (Article)
The Defense Department spent an estimated $100-million in six years for airline tickets that were not used and failed to seek refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable, congressional investigators say.
The $725,000 Pizza Machine ( Article)
One all too common consequence of spending other people’s money is failure to think ahead. A telling example can be found in San Jose, whose unified school district approved the purchase of a $725,000 pizza machine it claimed would “churn out 800 pizzas a day to sell on various campuses in the...
Gov’t pays for empty flights to rural airports ( Article)
Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press show that in 2010, just 227 passengers flew out of Ely while the airline got $1.8 million in subsidies. The travelers paid $70 to $90 for a one-way ticket. The cost to taxpayers for each ticket: $4,107.
$225m Housing Units For Illegals Living On Social Security (Video)
Every time you turn around, our Congress finds another method for screwing the American taxpayer. This nine minute video will show you how Obama and Congress pay billions of our tax dollars to house, feed, educate and maintain illegal aliens. In Tacoma, Washington, this 1,300 unit housing complex houses illegal Koreans, Mexicans, Chinese,...
$500,000 spent on shrimp treadmill study (Article)
WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) — A Republican senator’s report on the National Science Foundation criticizes the group for projects including a $500,000 study involving a shrimp on a treadmill. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., authored a report criticizing the foundation’s spending on projects that also include $1.5 million to build a laundry-folding robot and a...
U.S Gov. Help Fund Study Which Examined Effects of Penis Size in Gay Men. (Article)
The federal government helped fund a study that examined what effect a gay man’s penis size has on his sex life and general well-being. The study was among several backed by the National Institutes of Health that have come under scrutiny from a group claiming the agency is wasting valuable tax dollars at a...
$823,200 U.S Taxpayer Dollars to Study Genitalia Washing in S. Africa (Article)
$175 million to maintain an unused monkey house. $1.8 million for a museum dedicated to old Las Vegas signs. $615,000 to digitize a Grateful Dead collection. And $823,200 to study genitalia washing in South Africa. Those are just some of the projects that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) uses as examples of government waste...
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