The document spotlights 100 particularly ridiculous expenditures of taxpayer money from the past. The office of senator tom coburn rok has released the 2011 edition of its annual wastebook. Oct 16, 2012 known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. Between 2011 and 2014, the annual publication was called the wastebook. In his press release announcing the publication of his annual wastebook summarizing 100 examples of egregious, wasteful, and outrageous government spending, oklahoma senator tom coburn tried to make himself appear holier than thou by distancing himself from the rolling disaster in washington. The farce awakens, starring monkeys on treadmills, parties for hipsters, and sheep in microgravity, continues the tradition of retired sen.
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His departure is raising questions about who, if anyone, will pick up his oversight banner. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. Tom coburn, author of wastebook, was fearless in fighting what he described as stupid spending. He has just releases wastebook 2015 and trust me, as you will see below, the wasteful spending on idiocy continues unabated under the obama administration. Click through to see some highlights from this years items.
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