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Topline: Maine lobsters are known for their sharp claws, and in 2008 they could have taught the federal government a thing or two about penny pinching.
Topline: In 2008, Congress went against the Pentagon’s wishes and forced it to buy a surveillance blimp the military didn’t even want.
Lobbying to retain a contract for anti-chemical powder for our troops could have cost lives in combat, all to please the Clintons.
In 2008 the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation tried to do a barn census, spent $150,000 on the project, then abandoned it.
The Tibbits Opera House received a $500,000 restoration to its original design – and the money hemorrhage hasn’t stopped yet.
Topline: Most residents of Lexington, Kentucky never wanted a sidewalk on Tates Creek Road. They said foot traffic was “non-existent.”
The Census Bureau spent $810 million to invent computers for its crews to use in the 2010 Census – and all that money was wasted.
Topline: The federal government spends money to maintain over 1,300 national hiking trails that are easily accessible to all Americans — but it also spent hundreds...
Topline: In 2005, the federal government gave a $500,000 grant to music education group B InTune and directed them to report back a year later on...
Former Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) brazenly regarded federal grants as “free money” and didn’t care how it sounded when he said so.
