<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>So you're saying your saying you'll accept all of my Huffington Post testimonials as long as I include footnotes? Thanks for the tip!<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Apr 22, 2011, at 8:05 AM, "the lockshop" <<a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Sorry, I neglected to include the
footnotes.</font></p>
<p><a id="_edn1" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref1" name="_edn1">[1]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Improper Payments:
Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper
Payments</i>, GAO-09-628T, April 22, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/848E2EF8FE88B7FD87B3621E2B5FC0EA.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/848E2EF8FE88B7FD87B3621E2B5FC0EA.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn2" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref2" name="_edn2">[2]</a>The Cato Institute estimates that corporate welfare costs $92
billion annually (not even counting the $700 billion TARP legislation).
SeeStephen Slivinski, "The Corporate Welfare State: How the Federal Government
Subsidizes U.S. Businesses," Cato Institute, May 14, 2007, at <i><a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230">http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230</a></a></i> (October
5, 2009). The White House has requested $71 billion for fiscal year 2010
homeland security spending. See Office of Management and Budget, <i>Budget of
the U.S. Government, FY 2010: Analytic Perspectives (Supplemental
Materials)</i>, May 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/1FA58FAE61C1A1EBAB37BE76B88C824D.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/1FA58FAE61C1A1EBAB37BE76B88C824D.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn3" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref3" name="_edn3">[3]</a>Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), "Subcommittee Oversight
Efforts Identify $1.1 Trillion in Waste or Questionable Spending," October 19,
2006, at <i><a href="http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction.Home&ContentRecord_id=611f1f4c-802a-23ad-475d-223d6490f308" target="_blank"><a href="http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction">http://coburn.senate.gov/oversight/?FuseAction=OversightAction</a><br>.Home&ContentRecord_id=611f1f4c-802a-23ad-475d-223d6490f308</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn4" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref4" name="_edn4">[4]</a>Figures include all federal programs rated "ineffective" or
"results not demonstrated" by the George W. Bush Administration's Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART) assessment of all federal programs. See <i><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/">http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/</a></a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/part.xls" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.whitehouse">http://www.whitehouse</a><br>.gov/omb/expectmore/part.xls</a></i>.</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn5" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref5" name="_edn5">[5]</a>Congressional Budget Office, "Budget Options, Volume 1: Health
Care," December 2008, at<i><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-Health">http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-Health</a><br>Options</a></i>
(October 5, 2009); "Budget Options, Volume 2," August 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/B6358B2C50828DC2865F4C220C0720C5.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/B6358B2C50828DC2865F4C220C0720C5.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn6" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref6" name="_edn6">[6]</a>Examples are drawn from Committee on Governmental Affairs,
U.S. Senate, "Government at the Brink," Vols. I and II, June 2001; U.S. General
Accounting Office, "Managing for Results: Using the Results Act to Address
Mission Fragmentation and Program Overlap," August 1997, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/80B40B0A5C314F2221EE8FF7B22D39CB.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/80B40B0A5C314F2221EE8FF7B22D39CB.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p>
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<p><a id="_edn7" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref7" name="_edn7">[7]</a>Edwin Mora, "U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese
Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job," CNS News, May 12, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976">http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn8" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref8" name="_edn8">[8]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Government-wide Purchase
Cards: Actions Needed to Strengthen Internal Controls to Reduce Fraudulent,
Improper, and Abusive Purchases</i>, GAO-08-333, March 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.gao.gov/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08333.pdf">http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08333.pdf</a><br>new.items/d08333.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009); Marc Stewart, "Federal Gov't Questions TVA Spending,"
<a href="http://WBIR.com">WBIR.com</a>, February 27, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461">http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79461</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009); Dan Eggen, "Federal Credit Cards Misused,"
<i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, April 9, 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802718.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04</a><br>/08/AR2008040802718.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn9" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref9" name="_edn9">[9]</a>Robert Brodsky, "Report Paints Agencies as Deadbeat Travel
Card Holders," Government Executive, May 28, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42837&dcn=todaysnews" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.govexec.com">http://www.govexec.com</a><br>/story_page.cfm?articleid=42837&dcn=todaysnews</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn10" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref10" name="_edn10">[10]</a>Laura Strickler, "SEC Spends Millions to Reorganize Desks,"
CBS News, April 8, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews_investigates/main4927475.shtml" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/cbsnews</a><br>_investigates/main4927475.shtml</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn11" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref11" name="_edn11">[11]</a>Tony Capaccio, "Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent
Washers," Bloomberg, August 16, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/">http://www.bloomberg.com/</a><br>apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn12" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref12" name="_edn12">[12]</a>Ted Covey <i>et al.</i>, "Agriculture Income and Finance
Outlook," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November
2006, pp. 40 and 48.</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn13" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref13" name="_edn13">[13]</a>Carrie Johnson, "Medical Fraud a Growing Problem,"
<i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, June 13, 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203915.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article</a><br>/2008/06/12/AR2008061203915.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn14" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref14" name="_edn14">[14]</a>Dana Hedgpeth, "GAO Blasts Weapons Budget,"
<i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, April 1, 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102789.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article</a><br>/2008/03/31/AR2008033102789.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn15" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref15" name="_edn15">[15]</a>Christopher Conkey, "Federal Workers Accused of Abusing
Business Class," <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, October 3, 2007, at <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119136054325946827.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/">http://online.wsj.com/</a><br>article/SB119136054325946827.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn16" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref16" name="_edn16">[16]</a>Steve LeBlanc, "Feds Spending Millions on Kennedy Legacy,"
Associated Press, May 11, 2009, at <i><a href="http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy.legacy.2.956809.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy">http://wbztv.com/politics/tedkennedy/ted.kennedy</a><br>.legacy.2.956809.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009); Bryan Bender, "Kerry Asks $20m for Kennedy Institute," <i>The
Boston Globe</i>, September 25, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/watchdog_groups_rap_20m_earmark_for_kennedy_institute/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/25/</a><br>watchdog_groups_rap_20m_earmark_for_kennedy_institute/</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn17" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref17" name="_edn17">[17]</a>Ralph Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger, "Crimes Suspected in 20
Bailout Cases--for Starters," <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>, April 21, 2009, at
<i><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009apr21,0,2443377.story" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tarp-fraud21-2009</a><br>apr21,0,2443377.story</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn18" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref18" name="_edn18">[18]</a>These and more examples of recent earmarks are at <a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/BrianRiedl.cfm" target="_blank">Brian
Riedl</a>, "Omnibus Spending Bill: Huge Spending and 9,000 Earmarks Represent
Business as Usual," Heritage Foundation <i>WebMemo</i> No. 2318, March 2, 2009,
at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2318.cfm</a></a></i>.</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn19" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref19" name="_edn19">[19]</a> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=73" target="_blank">Brad Heath</a>, "Gov't Losses Big in Home Market," <i>USA
Today</i>, May 15, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14-govtown_N.htm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14">http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-14</a><br>-govtown_N.htm</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn20" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref20" name="_edn20">[20]</a> <a href="mailto:iteinowitz@tvweek.com" target="_blank">Ira
Teinowitz</a>, "FCC Goes NASCAR Racing to Publicize DTV," TV Week, October 2008,
at <i><a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar_racing_to_publ.php" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar">http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/fcc_goes_nascar</a><br>_racing_to_publ.php</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p>
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<p><a id="_edn21" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref21" name="_edn21">[21]</a> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=LOUISE+RADNOFSKY&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND" target="_blank">Louise Radnofsky</a> and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=T.W.+FARNAM&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND" target="_blank">T. W. Farnam</a>, "Lawmakers Bill Taxpayers for TVs, Cameras,
Lexus," <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, May 30, 2009, at <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009); Jonathan E. Kaplan and Mandy Kozar, "Lawmakers Spend on Big
Screens, Popcorn," <i>The Hill</i>, November 8, 2005.</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn22" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref22" name="_edn22">[22]</a>Dana Hedgpeth, "$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted or Stolen,
Ex-Investigator Says," <i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, September 23, 2008, at
<i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202053.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/</a><br>AR2008092202053.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009);Dan Friedman, "Report: Defense Department Cannot Fully Account
for $7.8B Spent in Iraq," <em><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/about/congressdaily" target="_blank">CongressDaily</a></em>,May 22, 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm">http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0508/052208cdpm2.htm</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn23" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref23" name="_edn23">[23]</a>Associated Press, "Katrina Fraud Could Top $2 Billion,"
December 25, 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/</a></a></i> (October 5, 2009);
"FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change," June 14, 2006, at <i><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html">http://cbs4denver.com/national/FEMA.Divorce.Sex.2.268906.html</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn24" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref24" name="_edn24">[24]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Expedited Assistance
for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA's Control Weaknesses Exposed
the Government to Significant Fraud and Abuse</i>, GAO-06-403T, February 13,
2006, p. 11, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/AD70E579E2C93DD00C8963C3EB7761C3.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/AD70E579E2C93DD00C8963C3EB7761C3.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn25" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref25" name="_edn25">[25]</a>Wesley Loy, "Alaska Airlines Takes Flying Fish to a Whole
New Level: $500,000 Grant from Federal Funding Pays for Custom Paint Job on
Company's Passenger Jet," <i>Anchorage Daily News</i>, October 2,
2005.</p></div>
<div id="edn26">
<p><a id="_edn26" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref26" name="_edn26">[26]</a>Halimah Abdullah, "Who Might Fly Somerset to D.C. and
Back?," McClatchey, May 24, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/806331.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news">http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news</a><br>/story/806331.html</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn27" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref27" name="_edn27">[27]</a>CBS News, "Beach Restoration: Sending $$$ Out to Sea?," May
26, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/main5041144.shtml" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/eveningnews/</a><br>main5041144.shtml</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p>
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<p><a id="_edn28" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref28" name="_edn28">[28]</a> <a href="http://www.propublica.org/site/author/michael_grabell/" target="_blank">Michael Grabell</a>, "Rural Broadband Stimulus Program Slammed in
Gov't Report," ProPublica, April 14, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/rural-broadband-stimulus-program-slammed-in-govt-report-414/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.propublica.org/ion/">http://www.propublica.org/ion/</a><br>stimulus/item/rural-broadband-stimulus-program-slammed-in-govt-report<br>-414/</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn29" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref29" name="_edn29">[29]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>DOD Travel Cards:
Control Weaknesses Led to Millions of Dollars in Unused Airline Tickets</i>,
GAO-03-398, March 2004, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/4ACE73C0DAE4F7DF5A63A1682F144966.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/4ACE73C0DAE4F7DF5A63A1682F144966.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
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<p><a id="_edn30" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref30" name="_edn30">[30]</a>CBS News, "FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause
Panic," April 29, 2009, at <i><a href="http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html">http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html</a></a></i>
(October 5, 2009); Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of
Representatives, "The Cost of Presidential and Vice Presidential Political
Travel," March 2006, p. 3, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/8AA84113351D2F06CD7448C1011426F8.pdf" target="_blank"><a href="http://oversight.house.gov/documents/">http://oversight.house.gov/documents/</a><br>20060316113550-47530.pdf</a></i>
(October 5, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn31">
<p><a id="_edn31" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref31" name="_edn31">[31]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Travel Cards: Air Force
Management Focus Has Reduced Delinquencies, but Improvements in Controls Are
Needed</i>, GAO-03-298, December 20, 2002, p. 4, at <i><a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03298.pdf" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.gao.gov/new">http://www.gao.gov/new</a>.<br>items/d03298.pdf</a></i> (October 6,
2009); <i>Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave Navy Vulnerable to Fraud and
Abuse</i>, GAO-03-148T, October 8, 2002, p. 8, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/40C1D6AB36A6C16873C3BF78605117B8.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/40C1D6AB36A6C16873C3BF78605117B8.pdf</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn32">
<p><a id="_edn32" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref32" name="_edn32">[32]</a> <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.author.contact.view?client_id=rollcall_print&story_id=34526&title=House%20May%20Get%20Big%20Boost%20For%20Election%2DYear%20Mailings&author=Emily%20Yehle&address=http%3A//www.rollcall.com/%3CTaxonomyNode%20id=%27%7BBE0B78AE-B3E6-4F8C-AD6D-6078CFBBC2F9%7D%27%3Eissues%3C/TaxonomyNode%3E/54%5F124/news/34526%2D1.html&summary=%3Cp%20class%3D%22bodycopy%22%3EThe%20House%20wants%20to%20increase%20Members%26%23146%3B%20office%20budgets%20next%20fiscal%20year%20by%20almost%2015%20percent%2C%20partly%20because%202010%20is%20an%20election%20year%20and%20lawmakers%20anticipate%20a%20surge%20in%20franked%20mail.%0A%3C/p%3E%0A" target="_blank">Emily Yehle</a>, "House May Get Big Boost for Election-Year
Mailings," <i>Roll Call</i>, May 4, 2009.</p></div>
<div id="edn33">
<p><a id="_edn33" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref33" name="_edn33">[33]</a>Department of Heath and Human Services, Office of the
Inspector General, "Compendium of Unimplemented Office of Inspector General
Recommendations," May 2009, at <i><a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/compendium/compendium2009.pdf" target="_blank"><a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/">http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/</a><br>compendium/compendium2009.pdf</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn34">
<p><a id="_edn34" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref34" name="_edn34">[34]</a>Christopher Lee, "Official Portraits Draw Skeptical Gaze,"
<i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, October 21, 2008, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102003627.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/</a><br>article/2008/10/20/AR2008102003627.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn35">
<p><a id="_edn35" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref35" name="_edn35">[35]</a>Associated Press, "Washington Sends $1 Food Stamp Checks to
250,000," February 23, 2009, at <i><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008775541_apwafoodstampchecks.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html</a><br>/localnews/2008775541_apwafoodstampchecks.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn36">
<p><a id="_edn36" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref36" name="_edn36">[36]</a>Dan Morgan, Gilbert Gaul, and Sarah Cohen, "Farm Program
Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm,"
<i>The</i><i>Washington</i><i>Post</i>, July 2, 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/</a><br>AR2006070100962.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn37">
<p><a id="_edn37" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref37" name="_edn37">[37]</a>Anne Plummer Flaherty, "Congress Ready for Its End of War
Party," Associated Press, October 4, 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4443037" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.presstelegram.com/">http://www.presstelegram.com/</a><br>news/ci_4443037</a></i> (October
6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn38">
<p><a id="_edn38" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref38" name="_edn38">[38]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Purchase Cards: Control
Weaknesses Leave DHS Highly Vulnerable to Fraudulent, Improper, and Abusive
Activity</i>, GAO-06-1117, September 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/59308EC86105AAE6C7692F05D53ECA46.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/59308EC86105AAE6C7692F05D53ECA46.pdf</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn39">
<p><a id="_edn39" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref39" name="_edn39">[39]</a>Jonathan Nicholson, "Congress Seems Unlikely to Correct
Gaffes in Budget Bill Costing $2 Billion," BNA Daily Report for Executives,
September 25, 2006.</p></div>
<div id="edn40">
<p><a id="_edn40" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref40" name="_edn40">[40]</a>Steve Fogarty, "<a title="Stimulus grant funds a quieter North Ridgeville" href="http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/05/22/stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/">
Stimulus Grant Funds a Quieter North Ridgeville</a>," <i>Chronicle-Telegram</i>,
May 22, 2009, at <i><a href="http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/">http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/05/</a><br>stimulus-grant-funds-a-quieter-north-ridgeville/</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn41">
<p><a id="_edn41" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref41" name="_edn41">[41]</a>Jonathan Rockoff, "NIH Paying $1.3 Million Monthly for
Unused Lab," <i>Baltimore Sun</i>, December 2, 2007.</p></div>
<div id="edn42">
<p><a id="_edn42" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref42" name="_edn42">[42]</a>Bennett Roth and Eric Rosenberg, "The Pentagon Says It
Doesn't Need Any More C-17 Jets, but It Is Getting Them--at a Cost of $2.4
Billion--Thanks to the Texas Congressional Delegation," <i>Houston
Chronicle</i>, September 30, 2007, at <i><a href="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4433833" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?">http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?</a><br>id=2007_4433833</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn43">
<p><a id="_edn43" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref43" name="_edn43">[43]</a>CNN, <i>Anderson Cooper 360</i>, December 6, 2005, at <i><a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/06/acd.01.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://transcripts">http://transcripts</a><br>.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/06/acd.01.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn44">
<p><a id="_edn44" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref44" name="_edn44">[44]</a>David Stout, "Medicare Error Sends $50 Million in Refunds to
Recipients," <i>The New York Times</i>, August 24, 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24medicare.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/</a><br>08/24/washington/24medicare.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn45">
<p><a id="_edn45" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref45" name="_edn45">[45]</a>Griff Witte and Spencer S. Hsu, "Homeland Security Contracts
Abused," <i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i>, July 27, 2006, at <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601683.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com">http://www.washingtonpost.com</a><br>/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601683.html</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn46">
<p><a id="_edn46" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref46" name="_edn46">[46]</a>Kevin Duffy, "Why Did the Federal Government Help This Golf
Course?," <i>Atlanta-Journal-Constitution</i>, November 13, 2006.</p></div>
<div id="edn47">
<p><a id="_edn47" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref47" name="_edn47">[47]</a>See Brian Riedl, "Congress Should Follow the President and
Eliminate the Advanced Technology Program," Heritage Foundation
<i>Backgrounder</i> No. 1828, March 1, 2005, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1828.cfm</a></a></i>.</p></div>
<div id="edn48">
<p><a id="_edn48" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref48" name="_edn48">[48]</a>Government Accountability Office, <i>Department of
Education: Guaranteed Student Loan Program Vulnerabilities</i>, GAO-03-268R,
November 21, 2002, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/9329EBC1096FB830E7A1C6AA436AD6E1.pdf" target="_blank">/static/reportimages/9329EBC1096FB830E7A1C6AA436AD6E1.pdf</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p></div>
<div id="edn49">
<p><a id="_edn49" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref49" name="_edn49">[49]</a>The Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program
pays farmers not to farm more than 40 million acres of farmland. See Brian
Riedl, "How Farm Subsidies Harm Taxpayers, Consumers, and Farmers, Too,"
Heritage Foundation <i>Backgrounder</i> No. 2043, June 20, 2007, at <i><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/bg2043.cfm</a></a></i>.</p></div>
<div id="edn50">
<p><a id="_edn50" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_ednref50" name="_edn50">[50]</a>Associated Press, "Commerce Reports Losing 1,137 Laptops,"
September 21, 2006, at<i><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/20060921-115116-5387r/print" target="_blank"><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/">http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/21/</a><br>20060921-115116-5387r/print</a></i>
(October 6, 2009).</p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Looks as though you thought wrong. Again.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">g</font></p></div></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a title="philosopher.joe@gmail.com" href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe
Campbell</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="jampot@roadrunner.com" href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">Gary Crabtree</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">the lockshop</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision
2020</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 22, 2011 7:29
AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could
be big</div>
<div><br></div>Now I understand why we're gutting education! Chinese
prostitutes! <br><br>Do you have "independent" verification for even one of
these claims? I thought not.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Gary Crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</a></a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">From <a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste">http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste</a></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" color="#000000"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">A few specific examples would
be:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" color="#000000"></font> </div>
<div>
<ol type="1">
<li>The federal government made at least <b>$72 billion</b> in improper
payments in 2008.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn1" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref1">[1]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$92 billion</b> on corporate welfare (excluding
TARP) versus $71 billion on homeland security.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn2" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref2">[2]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$25 billion</b> annually maintaining unused or
vacant federal properties.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref3">[3]</a>
</li><li>Government auditors spent the past five years examining all federal
programs and found that 22 percent of them -- costing taxpayers a total of
<b>$123 billion</b> annually -- fail to show any positive impact on the
populations they serve.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn4" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref4">[4]</a>
</li><li>The Congressional Budget Office published a "Budget Options" series
identifying more than <b>$100 billion</b> in potential spending cuts.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn5" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref5">[5]</a>
</li><li>Examples from multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports
of wasteful duplication include <b>342</b> economic development programs;
<b>130</b> programs serving the disabled; <b>130</b> programs serving
at-risk youth; <b>90</b> early childhood development programs; <b>75</b>
programs funding international education, cultural, and training exchange
activities; and <b>72</b> safe water programs.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn6" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref6">[6]</a>
</li><li>Washington will spend <b>$2.6 million</b> training Chinese prostitutes
to drink more responsibly on the job.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn7" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref7">[7]</a>
</li><li>A GAO audit classified <b>nearly half of all purchases</b> on
government credit cards as improper, fraudulent, or embezzled. Examples of
taxpayer-funded purchases include gambling, mortgage payments, liquor,
lingerie, iPods, Xboxes, jewelry, Internet dating services, and Hawaiian
vacations. In one extraordinary example, the Postal Service spent
<b>$13,500</b> on one dinner at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, including "over
200 appetizers and over $3,000 of alcohol, including more than 40 bottles
of wine costing more than $50 each and brand-name liquor such as
Courvoisier, Belvedere and Johnny Walker Gold." The 81 guests consumed an
average of $167 worth of food and drink apiece.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn8" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref8">[8]</a>
</li><li>Federal agencies are delinquent on nearly 20 percent of employee
travel charge cards, costing taxpayers <b>hundreds of millions of
dollars</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn9" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref9">[9]</a>
</li><li>The Securities and Exchange Commission spent <b>$3.9 million</b>
rearranging desks and offices at its Washington, D.C., headquarters.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn10" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref10">[10]</a>
</li><li>The Pentagon recently spent <b>$998,798</b> shipping two 19-cent
washers from South Carolina to Texas and <b>$293,451</b> sending an
89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn11" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref11">[11]</a>
</li><li><b>Over half of all farm subsidies</b> go to commercial farms, which
report average household incomes of $200,000.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn12" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref12">[12]</a>
</li><li>Health care fraud is estimated to cost taxpayers more than <b>$60
billion</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn13" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref13">[13]</a>
</li><li>A GAO audit found that 95 Pentagon weapons systems suffered from a
combined <b>$295 billion</b> in cost overruns.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn14" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref14">[14]</a>
</li><li>The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers
<b>$146 million</b> annually in flight upgrades.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn15" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref15">[15]</a>
</li><li>Washington will spend <b>$126 million</b> in 2009 to enhance the
Kennedy family legacy in Massachusetts. Additionally, Senator John Kerry
(D-MA) diverted $20 million from the 2010 defense budget to subsidize a
new Edward M. Kennedy Institute.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn16" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref16">[16]</a>
</li><li>Federal investigators have launched more than <b>20 criminal fraud
investigations</b> related to the TARP financial bailout.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn17" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref17">[17]</a>
</li><li>Despite trillion-dollar deficits, last year's 10,160 earmarks included
<b>$200,000</b> for a tattoo removal program in Mission Hills, California;
<b>$190,000</b> for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming;
and <b>$75,000</b> for the Totally Teen Zone in Albany, Georgia.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn18" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref18">[18]</a>
</li><li>The federal government owns more than <b>50,000 vacant homes</b>.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn19" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref19">[19]</a>
</li><li>The Federal Communications Commission spent <b>$350,000</b> to sponsor
NASCAR driver David Gilliland.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn20" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref20">[20]</a>
</li><li>Members of Congress have spent <b>hundreds of thousands</b> of
taxpayer dollars supplying their offices with popcorn machines, plasma
televisions, DVD equipment, ionic air fresheners, camcorders, and
signature machines -- plus <b>$24,730</b> leasing a Lexus, <b>$1,434</b>
on a digital camera, and <b>$84,000</b> on personalized calendars.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref21">[21]</a>
</li><li>More than <b>$13 billion</b> in Iraq aid has been classified as wasted
or stolen. Another <b>$7.8 billion</b> cannot be accounted for.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn22" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref22">[22]</a>
</li><li>Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top <b>$2
billion</b>. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were
used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne,
"Girls Gone Wild" videos, and at least one sex change operation.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn23" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref23">[23]</a>
</li><li>Auditors discovered that <b>900,000</b> of the 2.5 million recipients
of emergency Katrina assistance provided false names, addresses, or Social
Security numbers or submitted multiple applications.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn24" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref24">[24]</a>
</li><li>Congress recently gave Alaska Airlines <b>$500,000</b> to paint a
Chinook salmon on a Boeing 737.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn25" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref25">[25]</a>
</li><li>The Transportation Department will subsidize up to <b>$2,000 per
flight</b> for direct flights between Washington, D.C., and the small
hometown of Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY) -- but only on Monday mornings
and Friday evenings, when lawmakers, staff, and lobbyists usually fly.
Rogers is a member of the Appropriations Committee, which writes the
Transportation Department's budget.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn26" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref26">[26]</a>
</li><li>Washington has spent <b>$3 billion</b> re-sanding beaches -- even as
this new sand washes back into the ocean.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn27" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref27">[27]</a>
</li><li>A Department of Agriculture report concedes that much of the <b>$2.5
billion</b> in "stimulus" funding for broadband Internet will be wasted.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn28" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref28">[28]</a>
</li><li>The Defense Department wasted <b>$100 million</b> on unused flight
tickets and never bothered to collect refunds even though the tickets were
refundable.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn29" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref29">[29]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$60,000 per hour</b> shooting Air Force One
photo-ops in front of national landmarks.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn30" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref30">[30]</a>
</li><li>Over one recent 18-month period, Air Force and Navy personnel used
government-funded credit cards to charge at least <b>$102,400</b> on
admission to entertainment events, <b>$48,250</b> on gambling,
<b>$69,300</b> on cruises, and <b>$73,950</b> on exotic dance clubs and
prostitutes.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn31" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref31">[31]</a>
</li><li>Members of Congress are set to pay themselves <b>$90 million</b> to
increase their franked mailings for the 2010 election year.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn32" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref32">[32]</a>
</li><li>Congress has ignored efficiency recommendations from the Department of
Health and Human Services that would save <b>$9 billion</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn33" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref33">[33]</a>
</li><li>Taxpayers are funding paintings of high-ranking government officials
at a cost of up to <b>$50,000 apiece</b>.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn34" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref34">[34]</a>
</li><li>The state of Washington sent $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
households in order to raise state caseload figures and trigger <b>$43
million</b> in additional federal funds.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn35" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref35">[35]</a>
</li><li><a name="12f7d51a1cd993c5_RANGE!A29">Suburban families are receiving
large <b>farm subsidies for the grass in their backyards</b> -- subsidies
that many of these families never requested and do not want.</a> <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn36" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref36">[36]</a>
</li><li>Congress appropriated <b>$20 million</b> for "commemoration of
success" celebrations related to Iraq and Afghanistan.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref37">[37]</a>
</li><li>Homeland Security employee purchases include 63-inch plasma TVs,
iPods, and <b>$230</b> for a beer brewing kit.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn38" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref38">[38]</a>
</li><li>Two drafting errors in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act resulted in a
<b>$2 billion</b> taxpayer cost.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn39" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref39">[39]</a>
</li><li>North Ridgeville, Ohio, received <b>$800,000</b> in "stimulus" funds
for a project that its mayor described as "a long way from the top
priority."<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn40" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref40">[40]</a>
</li><li>The National Institutes of Health spends <b>$1.3 million</b> per month
to rent a lab that it cannot use.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn41" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref41">[41]</a>
</li><li>Congress recently spent <b>$2.4 billion</b> on 10 new jets that the
Pentagon insists it does not need and will not use.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn42" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref42">[42]</a>
</li><li>Lawmakers diverted <b>$13 million</b> from Hurricane Katrina relief
spending to build a museum celebrating the Army Corps of Engineers -- the
agency partially responsible for the failed levees that flooded New
Orleans.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn43" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref43">[43]</a>
</li><li>Medicare officials recently mailed <b>$50 million</b> in erroneous
refunds to 230,000 Medicare recipients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn44" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref44">[44]</a>
</li><li>Audits showed <b>$34 billion</b> worth of Department of Homeland
Security contracts contained significant waste, fraud, and abuse.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn45" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref45">[45]</a>
</li><li>Washington recently spent <b>$1.8 million</b> to help build a private
golf course in Atlanta, Georgia.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn46" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref46">[46]</a>
</li><li>The Advanced Technology Program spends <b>$150 million</b> annually
subsidizing private businesses; 40 percent of this funding goes to Fortune
500 companies.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn47" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref47">[47]</a>
</li><li>Congressional investigators were able to receive <b>$55,000</b> in
federal student loan funding for a fictional college they created to test
the Department of Education.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn48" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref48">[48]</a>
</li><li>The Conservation Reserve program pays farmers <b>$2 billion</b>
annually not to farm their land.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn49" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref49">[49]</a>
</li><li>The Commerce Department has <b>lost 1,137 computers</b> since 2001,
many containing Americans' personal data.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50" target="_blank" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref50">[50]</a> </li></ol>
<p><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">These are mere drop in the bucket
examples. Left up to me, entire departments would be eliminated starting
with commerce, agriculture, and yes, education. </font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">I would go on but time is limited. Has
this been adequately specific for you?</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">g</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">P.S. I'll throw in as a little can and
did bonus for you the countless Obama white house parties, (think Paul
McCartney comes cheap?) along with the current cross country campaign tour
all paid for with </font><font face="Calibri" color="#000000">the taxpayers
credit card. Enjoy.</font></p>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="philosopher.joe@gmail.com" href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank">Joe Campbell</a>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 22, 2011 2:23 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">the lockshop</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be
big</div></div></div>
<div><br></div>What is the "big government" that you're talking about below,
Gary? Tell me where the waste is and be specific. You can't and won't and
that shows where the greater myth lies.<br><br>For God's sake, we've been
waging a war in two now three different countries, putting the whole thing
on our world "credit card." But you don't raise a peep about that.
Education, health care, entitlements -- that is where the evil lies
(according to you)! <br><br>This is crap rhetoric and you know it. And the
fact that you can't make a sensible response to this post, that all you'll
do is throw insults and more crap rhetoric proves it even more.<br><br>And
this isn't an insult. It is a CRITICISM. Maybe you are as unable to tell the
difference as Roger.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM, the lockshop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I feel fine, thank you for your concern.
There is no ire to mitigate on my end and no need for rationalization
required on yours. Corporations take advantage of tax laws put in
place by Republican and Democrat lawmakers to return value to the
shareholders as is their primary reason for existance. The fact
that you and your family have been able to take advantage of this
warms my heart. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The notion that corporations large or small
should "pay a fair share" is a farce generated by big government
(and it's friends and beneficiaries) to extract additional revenue from
individuals. The burden falls on shareholders in the form of reduced
return on investment and/or on customers in the form of higher price for
products. Placing ever-increasing drains on a corporations revenue can
only result in disaster. If return to investors is too low or the price of
goods is to high the end result is the same. You have killed the goose and
the attendant jobs, goods, and services (and yes, tax monies) that it
generated.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">g</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> </div></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">the lockshop</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2011
12:13 PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This
could be big</div>
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<div>True, and we probably won’t be able to do them much longer,
so perhaps that will help to mitigate your ire. A few years ago I
was behind one of the efforts to get PERSI to disinvest—a move that went
nowhere, fast. So I continue to take the dirty money and I’m going
to be spending it on critical needs for our disabled adult
daughter. Feel better now?</div>
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<div>Sue H </div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">the lockshop</a>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:56 AM</div>
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<div><b>To:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a> </div></div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be
big</div></div></div></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Interestingly enough, Exxon Mobile, Conoco
Philips, General Electric and Goldman Sachs are among the ten largest
holdings of several of the funds held by PERSI. These "dirty corporate
freeloaders" are playing a large part in funding local retiree's trips
to Hawaii! This must be brought to a halt immediately.</font></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 20, 2011
7:58 PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Fw: This
could be big</div>
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<div>Sort of a down and dirty (for sure dirty) list of Corporate
Freeloaders. Thought it might be of interest to some of
you.</div>
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<div>Sue </div>
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