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Personally I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I am sure someone will say oh this is just chump change compared to what the government usually spends money on. 6.5 billion dollars is not ****en chump it is 6.4 billion dollars that was unnecessarily taken from American people, it was 6.5 billion that could have been spent on something actually necessary.
Coburn Releases 'Wastebook' Detailing More Than $6.5 Billion In 'Unnecessary' Spending | Fox News
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Tuesday released his annual "Wastebook" highlighting what he's labeled some of the government's most wasteful spending items, including $113,000 for a video game preservation center and $765,000 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
Coburn, a Republican who is known around Washington as "Dr. No" for his opposition to excess spending, said in a press release Tuesday that his "Wastebook 2011" details the "most egregious ways your taxpayer dollars were wasted" -- items he claims total more than $6.5 billion in "unnecessary" spending.
Coburn Releases 'Wastebook' Detailing More Than $6.5 Billion In 'Unnecessary' Spending | Fox News
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Tuesday released his annual "Wastebook" highlighting what he's labeled some of the government's most wasteful spending items, including $113,000 for a video game preservation center and $765,000 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
Coburn, a Republican who is known around Washington as "Dr. No" for his opposition to excess spending, said in a press release Tuesday that his "Wastebook 2011" details the "most egregious ways your taxpayer dollars were wasted" -- items he claims total more than $6.5 billion in "unnecessary" spending.