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Network
Booze,
Pole Dancing, and Luxurious Hotels: Top 10 Examples of Government
Waste in 2013
Romina
Boccia and Matthew Sabas
December
30, 2013
The
latest budget deal, passed by a bipartisan majority in both the House
and the Senate, suggests that Washington agrees with House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) when she said that “the cupboard is
bare. There’s no more cuts to make.”
The
cupboard, however, is overflowing with liquor, crystal glassware, and
more.
Here
is our list of the top 10 examples of wasteful government spending
this year, serving as a reminder that there is no shortage of
excessive spending in Washington.
10.
Outhouse in Alaska: $98,670. The Interior Department spent nearly
$100,000 to install an outhouse on an Alaskan trail, which includes a
single toilet with no internal plumbing.
9. A
bus stop with heated pavement for the Washington area: $1 million. A
lavish bus stop with heated pavement was built in Arlington, VA, but
it has failed to keep commuters warm or dry.
8.
Grant for a pole dancing performance: $10,000. Utility poles, that
is. The National Endowment for the Arts provided a grant to PowerUP
for Austin Energy employees to perform an artsy dance with 20 utility
poles, accompanied by a live orchestra.
7.
Pizza — from a printer: $124,995. NASA gave a six-figure grant to a
company that aspires to make pizza from a 3-D printer.
6.
Study to find out if couples are happier when the woman calms down
after argument: $335,525. “[M]arriages that were the happiest were
the ones in which the wives were able to calm down quickly during
marital conflict,” found a study of 81 couples funded by the
National Institutes of Health...
Read
the rest of the Top 10 examples (all with photos) of government waste
at Heritage Network
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