10 Worst Examples Of Government Waste
Posted: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:50:10
Congressman Publishes 10 Worst Examples Of Government Waste
Sen. Tom Coburn had a legacy of exposing the worst of the federal government’s waste. Now there may be a new man to carry the torch.
Freshman Republican Rep. Steve Russell laid out 10 of the worst instances of government waste Tuesday in his first “Waste Watch” publication, the Washington Examiner reports. The waste totaled more than $117 million and ranged across several government agencies. Coburn’s wastebook became famous for exposing government waste, but he retired at the end of the last session.
Here are Russell’s top 10 examples of terrible government waste.
1. U.S. Builds Melting Walls
The U.S. military spent $456,669 on a training facility in Afghanistan that melted when it rained. The military had the “dry fire range” built to use as a training spot with Afghan special police, but since the structure was built with bricks made mostly of sand, it only took four months for the walls to disintegrate in the rain.
2. Uncle Sam Pays For Contractors To Party Like It’s 1999
International Relief and Development, a nonprofit contractor that received about $2 billion in federal money to rebuild struggling countries, threw multiple lavish get-togethers that totaled $1.1 million. It billed the federal government for the parties–which included spa treatments, crystal chandeliers and a private zoo–saying they were for “training” and “staff morale.”
3. The Federal Government Accidentally Funded An Anti-U.S. Movie
In 2013, the U.S. embassy in Iraq paid for five Iraqi filmmakers to fly to the states for film classes at UCLA. As part of the program the students received a stipend to fund their own movie. One of the students, Salam Salman, focused his film on the 2007 shooting of 17 Iraqis by the U.S. private security company, Blackwater, an incident that hurt America’s reputation in Iraq.
Read More: http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/08/congr ... ent-waste/
My Thoughts;
And you wonder why our debt is over $18 trillion and will be over $20 trillion by the time Obama leaves office.
Sen. Tom Coburn had a legacy of exposing the worst of the federal government’s waste. Now there may be a new man to carry the torch.
Freshman Republican Rep. Steve Russell laid out 10 of the worst instances of government waste Tuesday in his first “Waste Watch” publication, the Washington Examiner reports. The waste totaled more than $117 million and ranged across several government agencies. Coburn’s wastebook became famous for exposing government waste, but he retired at the end of the last session.
Here are Russell’s top 10 examples of terrible government waste.
1. U.S. Builds Melting Walls
The U.S. military spent $456,669 on a training facility in Afghanistan that melted when it rained. The military had the “dry fire range” built to use as a training spot with Afghan special police, but since the structure was built with bricks made mostly of sand, it only took four months for the walls to disintegrate in the rain.
2. Uncle Sam Pays For Contractors To Party Like It’s 1999
International Relief and Development, a nonprofit contractor that received about $2 billion in federal money to rebuild struggling countries, threw multiple lavish get-togethers that totaled $1.1 million. It billed the federal government for the parties–which included spa treatments, crystal chandeliers and a private zoo–saying they were for “training” and “staff morale.”
3. The Federal Government Accidentally Funded An Anti-U.S. Movie
In 2013, the U.S. embassy in Iraq paid for five Iraqi filmmakers to fly to the states for film classes at UCLA. As part of the program the students received a stipend to fund their own movie. One of the students, Salam Salman, focused his film on the 2007 shooting of 17 Iraqis by the U.S. private security company, Blackwater, an incident that hurt America’s reputation in Iraq.
Read More: http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/08/congr ... ent-waste/
My Thoughts;
And you wonder why our debt is over $18 trillion and will be over $20 trillion by the time Obama leaves office.