Tom coburn of oklahoma pointed to 100 items including tax breaks to highly profitable sports leagues like. Tom coburn s 2012 government waste book being released today. Coburn, also a united states senator from oklahoma releases the waste book every year. Every year since 2010, the oklahoma republican has issued his blistering report highlighting the 100 most egregious. The challenges facing our nation have rarely been so dire for so long, coburns wastebook 2012 says. Senator tom coburns annual waste book 2012 nasa excerpts. Released in october, wastebook 2012 highlights 100 projects costing. Tom coburns annual list of government spending complaints. Coburns wastebook 2012, the latest installment in what has become an annual list of 100 curious federal spending decisions that congress and federal agencies. What do nasas green ninja, calm wives and military weapons in afghanistan have in common. Im still reading through them but i am amazed at what has and is going on. The senators annual summary of wasteful spending is entitled wastebook followed by the year of its publication.
Senator tom coburn roklahoma has released his report highlighting what he says are the worst examples of wasted of taxpayer dollars. Tweet reddit flipboard email one million dollars to build a bus stop in virginia. Senator is frequent critic of government waste%2c fraud and mismanagement. Tom coburn cites worst wastes of taxpayer money in. Coburn and his wife, carolyn, a graduate of oklahoma state university and former miss oklahoma, were married in 1968 and have three children and five grandchildren. Wastebook 2012 unveils wasteful government spending. Coburn acknowledges thats a drop in the bucket in contrast to. Chip somodevillagetty imageswashington its becoming a tradition for sen. His analysis also doesnt touch on the waste in state or local government nor the skyrocketing trajectory of.
Some pottery students showed up just to get the free lunches, and one pottery class reported just 10 regular students, according to information. Every year since 2010, the oklahoma republican has issued his blistering. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. The heritage foundations federal spending by the numbers 2012 and senator tom coburns rok waste book 2012 illustrate that there is plenty of room for such spending cuts. Why is tom coburn upset that congress only passed 62 laws.
Pulling few punches, coburn targets sacred cows of each party and explains that rather than being in gridlock as the media claims is the case, congress has spent the last several. The document spotlights 100 particularly ridiculous expenditures of taxpayer money from the. One program that has attracted a considerable share of media attention is a nasa effort. Coburns book says, the cost to produce a penny in 2012 is more than two times its actual value. Wastebook 2015 the unrelenting wasteful spending of.
Senator tom coburns 2012 wastebook blasts government for wasting billions of your tax dollars. Saturday january 28th, 2017 posted by craig eyermann at 10. Chip somodevillagetty images washington its becoming a tradition for sen. And coburns waste book 2012 isnt meant to be exhaustive, rather to be illustrative of the most outrageous waste in any given year.
His annual wastebook has regularly provided valuable information for taxpayers regarding the specific ways the federal government wastes money. 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. The office of senator tom coburn rok has released the 2011 edition of its annual wastebook. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government waste. Tom coburns third edition of his wastebook names the worst offender and biggest waste of taxpayers money. In the report, he cites congress as the biggest waste of money. Top 10 examples of wasteful federal spending in 2012. Released in october, wastebook 2012 highlights 100 projects costing taxpayers more. 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. Tom coburns 2012 government waste book being released. Theres a reason politicians are always loath to cut government budgets. Coburn school of law at oral roberts university coburn graduated with a b.
Yesterday, i reported on oklahoma republican senator tom coburns waste book 2012. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Tom coburn, who passed away last week after a long battle with cancer, hated legacy talk. None of those programs, though, made it this week into sen.
Agency for international development usaid program for pottery classes in morocco. Ap photo new york and massachusetts are administering food stamps to 2,000 dead people, according to sen. Coburns father was an optician and founder of coburn optical industries, and a named donor to o. Senator tom coburn has come out with his annual report of wasteful spending by the government his wastebook 2012, and blames his colleagues on capitol hill for most of it. A bold plan to stop washington from bankrupting america, senator tom coburn rok explains how washingtons career politicians, staffers, and lobbyists have set the nation up for fiscal failure. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. I heard about these books about the waste in our government. What senator coburns list of fraud, abuse, and overspending doesnt tell us. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. Having spent more than two decades as his communications. Starlite will not be nasas first foray into online games. The only way to stop wasteful washington spending is by shining a light on it whenever and wherever it occurs, even if it is in your own state, says sen. Between 2011 and 2014, the annual publication was called the wastebook.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2012. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final wastebook. Today, senator tom coburn rok released his wastebook 2012, a report outlining wasteful federal policies that cost taxpayers more than. Tom coburns chief target of criticism this year the u. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Mars food and other space waste highlighted in report. This report highlights 100 of the years countless unnecessary, duplicative and lowpriority projects spread throughout the federal government. During his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla. Oklahoma senator tom coburn releases his annual wastebook. During his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn r okla.
Report on government waste cites robosquirrels, tax breaks for nfl. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste. Senator tom coburns 2012 wastebook blasts government for. From 2008 until he retired from the senate in january 2015, sen. Floridas most wasteful government spending in 2012. Representatives from at least two agencies portrayed unflatteringly in oklahoma republican sen. Coburn calls out senate cohorts as biggest waste in government. Tom coburns annual report on ridiculous spending choices is probably one of the biggest victories of the report, because it means the state department canceled the project after the senators staffers asked about. The damning critique of his colleagues is part of mr. Senator tom coburns final edition of the wastebook is packed with porkbarrel spending, misplaced priorities, mission creep, expensive boondoggles, and.
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