Congress recently passed a defense spending bill that includes more lovely wasteful spending! Here's a sample:
Congress added in 1,720 pet projects, including:
∙$5 million for a visitors center in San Francisco
∙$23 million for indigent health care in Hawaii
∙$18 million for the Edward Kennedy Policy Institute in Massachusetts
∙$1.6 million to computerize hospital records in Oakland
∙$47 million for anti-drug training centers around the country
∙$20 million for the World War II Museum in Louisiana
∙$3.9 million grant to develop an energy-efficient solar film for buildings
∙$800,000 for minority prostate cancer research
∙$3.6 million for marijuana eradication in Kentucky
∙$2.4 million for handicap access and a sprinkler system at a community club in New York
Plus they are building C-17s and destroyers that the Pentagon neither needs nor wants all because they protect jobs in some key lawmakers' states.
Proud to be an America!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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