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California prison inmates got free tablets, allegedly to gain access to the Bible and to skills education, but actually to watch porn.
In 2012 the Michigan State Police placed talking urinal cakes in two hundred bars in Michigan, for $11,000 - courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
The North Dakota racing commission has blown nearly half a million dollars on dubious grants and its own operating expenses.
PepsiCo received $1.3 million in federal subsidies in 2012, plus more from New York State, to produce greek yogurt - and failed anyway.
Texas has a lobbying problem, with taxpayer-funded lobbyists representing local governments, including school boards, city councils, et al.
An economic development corporation spent $60,000 of Ohio state money on a podcast episode and is accountable to no one.
In 2012, a federal grant went to pay for pet shampoo, and hair spray, styling gell and face wash for dogs.
The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission shelled out $110,000 for a musical washboard that plays This Land Is Your Land when run over.
Maryland routinely pays excess overtime with no attempt to monitor who is claiming it without good work-related reason.
West Virginia bought over 1000 oversized Internet routers, each capable of handling tens of thousands of users - to handle one machine each.,
