Coburn Releases 'Wastebook' Detailing More Than $6.5 Billion in 'Unnecessary' Spendin

[jamesrage]

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.

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[GPS_Flex]

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I think it just shows that the elected representatives of both parties are full of crap and will never get serious about cutting spending.

It is all about political brinksmanship and it always will be until we the people have had enough and put an end to it.

 

[coolwalker]

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Any member of congress who voted for these items should be made to pay the money back out of their own pockets. They've stolen enough over the years, they should be able to handle that fine.

 

[Samhain]

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I'm sure the total waste is going to be 3-5%, which is alot of money.

Of course, I think the fed spends 25-50% more than they need to.

 

[Objective Voice]

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Sen. Coburn is a deficit and spending hawk! I like him because he's not afraid to tell it like it is.

 

[Goshin]

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6.5 billion? that's not even a snowball on the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of billions are going to waste somewhere.

 

[misterman]

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6.5 billion? that's not even a snowball on the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of billions are going to waste somewhere.

Even if that's true - which is a silly thing to say, since everyone's got a different idea of what's wasteful - it still doesn't solve our budget problems. Trying to make it all about "waste" is a copout. It's a matter of making really tough choices. Cutting "waste" is easy.

 

[sangha]

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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.

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Coburn is wasting money with his "study" so that he can get some media attention.

 

[tessaesque]

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6.5 billion? that's not even a snowball on the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of billions are going to waste somewhere.

That's less than 1 day of fed operations based on 2010 spending.

 

[misterman]

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That's less than 1 day of fed operations based on 2010 spending.

It's also something like 0.0003 percent of a pointless war.

 

[jamesrage]

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Coburn is wasting money with his "study" so that he can get some media attention.

Its a waste to bring attention government waste and what exactly is that waste is to the voters?

 

[1Perry]

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Even if that's true - which is a silly thing to say, since everyone's got a different idea of what's wasteful - it still doesn't solve our budget problems. Trying to make it all about "waste" is a copout. It's a matter of making really tough choices. Cutting "waste" is easy.

And yet nobody will do it. If you are willing to excuse them from doing the easy, can you really expect much from them concerning the hard?

 

[sangha]

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Its a waste to bring attention government waste and what exactly is that waste is to the voters?

Too bad that isn't what Coburn did. Instead, he used taxpayer dollars to promote his own career, which is itself a waste.

What a hyprocrit he is

 

[misterman]

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And yet nobody will do it. If you are willing to excuse them from doing the easy, can you really expect much from them concerning the hard?

Not excusing them at all.

Just saying don't do the easy part and then pretend you did the hard part.

 

[jamesrage]

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Too bad that isn't what Coburn did. Instead, he used taxpayer dollars to promote his own career, which is itself a waste.

What a hyprocrit he is

He used tax payer dollars to find blatant government waste and what exactly that waste is.That is not a waste of tax payer dollars nor does it make him a hypocrite. A spot light should be shown on government waste regardless if that politician has a D or R next to his name. You should not engage in lib-tard partisan hackery.

 

[sangha]

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He used tax payer dollars to find blatant government waste and what exactly that waste is.That is not a waste of tax payer dollars nor does it make him a hypocrite. A spot light should be shown on government waste regardless if that politician has a D or R next to his name. You should not engage in lib-tard partisan hackery.

No, he wasted taxpayer money to promote his own career. He is a hypocrit

 

[Blue Dog]

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Washington wasting money it does not have to begin with!

I'am shocked, positively shocked.

:shock:

 

[jamesrage]

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No, he wasted taxpayer money to promote his own career. He is a hypocrit

How did making a study to show exactly what money is being wasted on promoting his career and make him a hypocrite?

 

[matsuiny2004]

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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.

Read more: Coburn Releases 'Wastebook' Detailing More Than $6.5 Billion In 'Unnecessary' Spending | Fox News
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whats wrong with a video game preservation center. There are lot of historically important video games? Besides that there is other worthy spending like turining old building in to new places. That creates jobs.

 

[1Perry]

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whats wrong with a video game preservation center. There are lot of historically important video games? Besides that there is other worthy spending like turining old building in to new places. That creates jobs.

There is nothing wrong with it. It's just not something the government has any business doing.

 

[misterman]

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And yet nobody will do it. If you are willing to excuse them from doing the easy, can you really expect much from them concerning the hard?

As long as you're not accusing me of excusing them, I get your point.

 

[j-mac]

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...he used taxpayer dollars to promote his own career, which is itself a waste.

Hmmm....I guess by this logic that would make Obama's career a waste as well.


j-mac

 

[jamesrage]

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whats wrong with a video game preservation center.There are lot of historically important video games?

It's something tax payers should not be paying for.I love video games and I would probably go a video game museum or preservation cetner but at the same time that is something that should be paid for with private dollars.

Besides that there is other worthy spending like turining old building in to new places.

Building renovations is something that should be paid for by private companies. Besides that I watch enough This Old House and other similar shows to know that a lot of times renovation is more expensive than simply tearing a building down and building a new one.



That creates jobs.

 

[00timh]

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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.

Read more: Coburn Releases 'Wastebook' Detailing More Than $6.5 Billion In 'Unnecessary' Spending | Fox News
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He is not looking very deep if he is only finding 6.5 billion.

 

[misterman]

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He is not looking very deep if he is only finding 6.5 billion.

Or maybe he couldn't find much waste. You can't accuse him of not trying, he's the waste czar of the Senate. If he couldn't find it, maybe it's just not there.