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December 11, 2008

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


Researchers will spend the next thee years measuring the motion of video game systems thanks to $112,781 grant from the National Science Foundation click here to read more

Maryland county commission president credits spending public money to purchase and provide alcohol to officials at meetings for securing millions of dollars in federal funds click here to read more

National Science Foundation spends $119,660 for study measuring how housecats move in pursuit of food treats or feline toys click here to read more

Survey paid for with an $8,750 federal grant finds that most shoppers in Wenatchee, Washington, are not interested in living downtown click here to read more

Men tend to have more reddish skin and greenish skin is more common for women, according to federally funded study click here to read more

$100,000 Department of Transportation grant to pay for a 10-foot observation deck for bird-watching along the Mississippi River click here to read more

$400,000 federal grant will pay for a 10-foot-wide, all-weather bike trail along an Illinois river click here to read more

New high school football stadium paid for with a $200,000 congressional earmark click here to read more

Federal agencies’ research concludes plant seeds dispersed by birds benefit most quickly from landscape corridors; Researcher says this was an expected result click here to read more

Scavenger hunts to help train young journalists funded by the National Science Foundation click here to read more

$1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation pays to take North Carolina teachers on field trips to businesses that use math and science every day click here to read more

Federally funded study blames climate change for the decline of the Roman and Byzantine Empires more than 1,400 years ago click here to read more






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National Debt title
$9,703,059,682,850.00
$31,684.75 Per Citizen