The report highlights, according to coburn s office, 100 of the years. Coburn was admonished by the senate ethics committee in 2012 over his involvement with a top aide of former sen. The two hundred page report details waste in all manner of federal spending from. Tom coburn cites worst wastes of taxpayer money in. Tuesday, 16 october 2012 senator coburn s wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. But does it have to be funded with taxpayer dollars. Wastebook 2012 6 committee approving the least amount of legislation in 2012. Wastebook 2012 unveils wasteful government spending. When americans go to the polls we wont just be making a decision about what kind of government we want. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library. The senate small business and entrepreneurship committee held only four hearings and passed out just three measures, one of which authorized expenditures for the committee itself.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2012. Feds waste money on christmas trees, ornaments and a moose musical his annual wastebook came out this month. Coburn finds 100 examples of government spending clearly not serving its designed purpose. Floridas most wasteful government spending in 2012. As the economy staggers toward collapse under the weight of the government spending democrats use to justify taxmageddon, townhall touches on a few of the more outrageous examples of reckless extravagance described in senator tom coburn s wastebook 2012 pdf.
Tom coburn rok has released his annual report on wasteful spending, titled appropriately, wastebook 2012. This is flakes second edition of the wastebook series, started by retired sen. Today, senator tom coburn released a new report on government waste called wastebook 2011. We all know that the idea of a robosquirrel built to hang out with rattlesnakes sounds really cool. Wastebook 2012 one major sports league major league baseball filed as a nonprofit for years, but chose to become a forprofit limited liability corporation in 2007. The nook book ebook of the wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate, senator tom coburn, m. At least partly motivating the change was an opposition to the irs new salary transparency rules for nonprofits, which. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen. The farce awakens, starring monkeys on treadmills, parties for hipsters, and sheep in microgravity, continues the tradition of retired sen.
Senator coburn has been a leader in looking for ways to cut unnecessary government spending including collaborating with thensenator obama on the coburn obama transparency act. Wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate. Senator tom coburn rok spoke to reporters about wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. Heavy on snark and mockery, it identifies dozens of examples of obscure federal spending, many of. Today, senator tom coburn released a new report on government. Trouble is, a closer look at coburn s wastebook which, mind you, was also footed by taxpayers suggests theres less here than advertised. Talking urinal cakes, other michigan purchases make. Senator tom coburn s 2012 wastebook blasts government for wasting billions of your tax dollars. Agency for international development usaid program for pottery classes in. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Some of the things on which our government spends money are truly remarkable. Senator tom coburn rok speaks to reporters on wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. The wastebook is a complicated subject to write about objectively. Tom coburn 2012 wastebook lists money for maryland, virginia wineries, talking urinal cakes by arin greenwood file in this aug. Im still reading through them but i am amazed at what has and is going on. Senator tom coburns 2012 wastebook blasts government for. Senator tom coburn s final edition of the wastebook is packed with porkbarrel spending, misplaced priorities, mission creep, expensive boondoggles, and taxpayer abuse. Coburn releases the 2012 wastebook committee for a. From robotic squirrels to martian pizza, report cites. Tom coburn s 2012 government waste book being released. In it, the retiring oklahoma senator laces into the national institutes of health for complaining about lack of. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending.
Every year, senator tom coburn rok publishes a wastebook of absurd spending programs. This report highlights 100 of the years countless unnecessary, duplicative and lowpriority projects spread throughout the federal government. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Keep connected to dc, maryland and virginia news and weather by downloading fox 5s mobile apps. November 2012 the department of everything report pointed out that the dod. Thats more than triple the projected annual income from barack obamas beloved buffett rule. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. Among the 50 examples of egregious federal spending uncovered in flakes latest report is a program that accepts. Cdbg is a flexible program that provides state and local governments rural, suburban and urban with critical resources to address a wide range of community development needs.
Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. Tweet reddit flipboard email one million dollars to build a bus stop in virginia. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of. Wastebook 2012 activities and food with little nutritional value. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Senator tom coburn released his wastebook 2012, a report outlining wasteful federal policies. While the program was recently renamed the supplemental nutrition assistance program, there is no requirement for the food. Senator tom coburn releases 20 wastebook written by. Wastebook 2014 the report washington doesnt want you to read reveals the 100 most outlandish government expenditures this year, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
Government documents general collection and was provided to unt digital library by. Why cutting duck penis research is the wrong way to think about. Wastebook of government spending highlights overpriced. Abc world news covers senator coburn s latest wastebook 2012, a report highlighting 100 ways washington has wasted taxpayer dollars in 2012. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Senator tom coburn roklahoma has released his report highlighting what he says are the worst examples of wasted of taxpayer dollars. With no one watching over the vast bureaucracy, the problem is not just what washington isnt doing, but what it is doing. I heard about these books about the waste in our government. Tom coburn rok is sick of the government flushing money down the toilet, so each year he releases an annual wastebook that documents instances of wasteful spending. Tom coburn sunday, october 21, 2012 analysisopinion.
Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington. Us senate, united states government, senator tom coburn, m. Tweet font size decrease font size increase font size. Senator tom coburns annual waste book 2012 nasa excerpts. Nobody knows the lunacy of federal spending better than this oklahoma senator. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. Senator tom coburn rok yesterday released his wastebook for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Senator tom coburn released the wastebook 2012 today detailing the 100 most egregious wastes of taxpayer money. Tom coburn 2012 wastebook lists money for maryland.