...Or... "How to increase budget deficits through inaction and ineptitude".
Yet another annual installment of Sen Coburn's (R - OK) "Waste Book" of government spending on the ridiculous and incomprehensible. One would think that there would be a greater level of scrutiny on where limited funding dollars are spent in the fiscal environment we deal with. I deal with "what will you do with X^n% less on a weekly basis. Apparently others are not held to that level of scrutiny. As the blowhards and pontificators make Kabuki Theater on fiscal issues....the machine churns along in the background...
Your view on the function of government may come into play in such areas. The question I often ask others is "Do you believe national-level government programs exist to fix problems, or do they exist as a mechanism to move dollars to constituents?" I have a cynical view of the "Machine"....
Enjoy the read:
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Washington priorities are backwards. This is why important programs go bankrupt while outdated and outlandish projects continue to be funded.
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Link to the full report
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