Today’s Pork Report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) identies at least $315 million in wasteful Washington spending:
Congress boosts its own budget by $250 million; Increase will pay to hire consultants, hold receptions, and send postcards to voters
Only 16% of Americans believe Congress is doing a good job
Medicaid spends $65 million on prescription drug abuse, including paying for thousands of prescriptions for dead patients
Puppet theater in Philadelphia receives federal stimulus funds
80% of Boston’s music festival being paid for with federal stimulus funds; The six-concert, three-day event plans to “jump-start the classical music season and the national economy”
Nevada spending federal stimulus funds to underwrite “crucial festival director position”
Despite being in good financial shape, Idaho festival receives stimulus funds to pay for next year’s festival
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