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Senator coburn has been a leader in looking for ways to cut unnecessary government spending including collaborating with thensenator obama on the coburnobama transparency act. Tom coburns annual wastebook, a ranking of 2014s top 100 worst examples of government waste, including out. Year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service. Unfortunately for the average american, the list of government waste is long and packed with numerous examples of needless spending projects. Wastebook 2015 the unrelenting wasteful spending of. Rand paul rky releases the annual wastebook, and this year contains some real doozies. Every year, oklahoma senator tom coburn and his staff compile an exhaustive volume of wasteful government spending from that year. The 2014 tome is chock full of government waste ranging from the redundant to the downright absurd. Dec 21, 2011 federal spending on technology may be innovative and interesting, but it can still be a prime example of government waste, according to a new report from sen. Top 20 worst ways the government wasted your tax dollars. Scientists defended the need for this slice of federal. May 23, 2017 former senator tom coburn discusses his book, smashing the dc monopoly, which argues for an article v amendments convention as the best solution to limit the power and scope of the federal. Here is a list of my personal worst of the worst in federal waste. A leading conservative in the senate, tom coburn rok wrote that deficit reduction commission affords us an opportunity to start some very late due diligence on national defense spending as well as reduce wasteful, unnecessary, and duplicative defense spending that does nothing to make our nation safe.
Government continues its path of wasteful spending. On tom coburn documenting wasteful government spending. A guide to some of the most wasteful and low priority government spending of 2011. Dec 26, 20 though coburns office deemed these projects wasteful, scientists disagree. He has just releases wastebook 2015 and trust me, as you will see below, the wasteful spending on idiocy continues unabated under the obama administration. Oct 23, 2014 every year, oklahoma senator tom coburn and his staff compile an exhaustive volume of wasteful government spending from that year. Wastebook, detailing 100 examples of what he describes as stupid spending.
Dec 17, 20 what do nasas green ninja, calm wives and military weapons in afghanistan have in common. His annual wastebook has regularly provided valuable information for taxpayers regarding the specific ways the federal government wastes money. Nasa makes coburns list for wasteful spending the fiscal times. According to the white house office of management and budget, about 1 percent of proposed total federal spending in 2015 will go to science. In a press release tuesday, senator tom coburn rokla.
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