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The most ridiculous projects the government funded in 2017
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, a Republican, released his annual "Federal Fumbles"report highlighting the many areas he and other deficit hawks say are wasteful government projects. Lankford releases...
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Los Angeles Can't Explain Where $7 Million Worth Of Gas Went
March 29 -- Despite a concerted effort at Los Angeles City Hall to track the use of taxpayer-purchased fuel, more than $7 million in gasoline and other fuel has gone missing in recent years, according...
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This Is What Apple Would Look Like If It Was Run By Obama
Imagine President Barack Obama running Apple. (Hey, he has to do something if he should lose in November.) How hard could it be after his top-down remodeling of nearly 20% of the U.S. economy? Of...
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Obama Official Resigns Over Taxpayer-Funded Clown And Mindreader
The head of Obama's General Services Administration resigned today over allegations of excessive spending at a Las Vegas training conference for federal workers that featured a mindreader, a clown, and...
View ArticleThe 'Buffett Rule' Is Not A Serious Tax Proposal
This post was originally published by RealClearPolitics.Last September, President Obama announced his so-called “Buffett Rule,” which would require that at least 30 percent of every millionaire’s...
View ArticleThis Video Of GSA Workers Rapping About Wasteful Spending Is A Disaster For...
Revelations of lavish and inappropriate spending at a 2010 federal training conference in Las Vegas have engulfed the Obama administration's General Services Administration this week, forcing several...
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Check Out Pictures Of Federal Workers Living It Up In Las Vegas
Jeffrey Neely, one of the embattled General Services Administration executives at the center of the agency's wasteful spending scandal, refused to testify in Congress today about a $822,751 Las Vegas...
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Check Out These Photos Of Federal Workers Vacationing On Taxpayer Dollars
Jeff Neely, the high-level federal administrator who organized a lavish conference in Las Vegas, and his wife Deborah, have emerged as the central characters in a growing scandal over wasteful...
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The 10 Dumbest Ways The Government Wastes Taxpayer Money
As you can tell from my "CEO Gaffe of the Week" series, I enjoy pointing out when the leaders of publicly traded corporations are overpaid or seriously abuse company funds. Without pointing out these...
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These Stunning Examples Of Government Waste Cost Taxpayers $16 Billion
Despite appearances, the federal government knows it wastes a ton of money. That's why each agency is equipped with an Inspector General, whose sole job it is to investigate and identify government...
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A US Government Agency Spent $2.7 Million Destroying Its Computers After It...
When the Economic Development Administration found out that six of its computers were potentially infected with malware, it took overreaction to a whole new level: after wiping the machines (which...
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Italy's Government Is Selling Its Luxury Cars — Here Are The Best Deals Left
Italy is putting hundreds of cars up for auction on eBay as part of a public crackdown on government waste.More than 150 "auto blu" — the common term for the dark blue sedans — hit the market last...
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The Pentagon Paid Over $8000 For A Helicopter Part That Should Cost Less Than...
The Defense Department paid $8,123.50 for helicopter gears that should have cost $445.06, according to a report released by the Office of the Inspector General (IG).The charges come from a contract...
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These Are The Most Egregious Examples Of Government Waste In 2014
Every year the federal government loses tens of billions of dollars to waste, fraud and abuse. Unfortunately, 2014 was no exception.Federal auditors issued plenty of scathing reports this year flagging...
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The US government 'improperly' spent $125 billion last year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies made $125 billion in improper payments last year, including tax credits to people who didn't qualify, Medicare payments for treatments that might not be necessary and...
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Thousands of veterans have died while waiting for a response from the VA
More than a year after the Veterans Affairs Department’s scandal first broke revealing that nearly 40 military vets had died while waiting for treatment at a VA hospital center in Phoenix, a new...
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These are the 15 richest countries with the most wasteful public spending
The World Economic Forum's recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey offers a bundle of indicators to show the health of a country's institutions.One of those is the perceived wastefulness of...
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These are the 11 countries with the safest banks in the world
The World Economic Forum's recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey offers a bundle of indicators to show the health of a country's institutions.One of those is the perceived safeness of...
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REPORT: Department of Defense employees rang up over $1 million in casino and...
Department of Defense personnel racked up over $1 million in casino and "adult entertainment" charges on their Pentagon-approved cards, according to a new report from the department's inspector...
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The most ridiculous projects the government funded in 2017
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, a Republican, released his annual "Federal Fumbles"report highlighting the many areas he and other deficit hawks say are wasteful government projects. Lankford releases...
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