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November 24, 2008

the pork report -- how Washington politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists are spending your tax dollars


As Indianapolis police run out of tickets to write citations… click here to read more

Indianapolis spends a federal crime grant to write warning tickets to motorists who leave valuables inside their vehicles and pay for youth soccer programs click here to read more

Columbia, South Carolina Department of Homeland Security force, created to receive federal funds, responsible for searching for fallen tree limbs and damaged street signs, reserving parking spaces for City Council members, and directing traffic at city-sponsored events, but does not carry guns or issue tickets click here to read more

Texas sent nearly $5 million in border security grants to two sheriffs’ departments in which officers were recently indicted on drug trafficking charges click here to read more

Homeland Security Department criticized for lax oversight of programs worth billions click here to read more

National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developing computer programs that can interpret data from videos of football plays click here to read more

Incoming chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, promises no changes in its operations, squashing hopes for more openness in the way tax dollars are spent click here to read more

Proposed “train to nowhere” in Minnesota would cost over $400 million to build, cost millions more each year to operate, and would take significantly more time to travel by then if passengers drove a car click here to read more

Milwaukee Medicaid patients abused the program by charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in cab rides to go shopping or do laundry to taxpayers click here to read more

Medicaid has paid $200 million for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness click here to read more

Washington, D.C. mismanaged tens of millions of Medicare dollars click here to read more






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National Debt title
$9,703,064,359,240.00
$31,684.76 Per Citizen