Wastebook 2011: A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful and Low Priority Government Spending of 2011

摘要

;Contents: Introduction; 1. Politicians Partying on the Taxpayer Dime - (Presidential Election Campaign Fund) $35.38 Million; 2. Mangled Mango Effort Could Hurt Farmers It Meant to Help - (Pakistan) $30 Million; 3. Poor Planning Hobbles Air Force Green Energy Effort - (Department of Defense) $14 Million; 4. Subsidy Program for Small Airports Fails to Help Most Recipients Achieve Sustainable Air Service - (Federal Aviation Administration) $6 Million; 5. Paying for Pancakes - (Washington, D.C.) $765,828; 6. The Super-Bridge to Nowhere - (Alaska) $15.3 Million; 7. Dead Federal Employees Continue to Get Benefits Checks - (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) $120 Million; 8. Extreme Home Makeover: Federal Highway Funds to Transform Abandoned Rock House into Visitors Center - (Oklahoma); 9. Video Game Preservation - (New York); 10. Millions In Foreign Aid to China - (Department of State & U.S. Agency for International Development) $17.80 Million.