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30 Stupid Things The Government Is Spending Money On
Mr. Conservative ^ | 3/1/13

Posted on 03/05/2013 7:05:30 PM PST by Impala64ssa

If you want to get paid for doing something stupid, just turn to the U.S. government. The U.S. government is paying researchers to play video games, it is paying researchers to study the effects of cocaine on Japanese quail and it has spent millions of dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly. The amount of money that the government wastes is absolutely horrifying. Do you remember all of that political wrangling over the debt ceiling deal last year? Do you remember how our politicians told us that there were cutting spending as much as they possibly could? Well, it was all a giant lie. As you will see below, the U.S. government is spending money on some of the most stupid things imaginable. What makes all of this even worse is that we are going into enormous amounts of debt in order to pay for all of this. We are borrowing billions of dollars a day in order to pay for stupid stuff that no government on earth should ever be paying for. Trust me, you are going to find it hard to believe some of the stuff in this list. It is almost inconceivable what our politicians are doing with our tax dollars.

The following are 30 incredibly stupid things that the federal government is spending money on….


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: govtwaste
Rein in gov't waste? We don' need no STEENKING reins on gov't waste!
1 posted on 03/05/2013 7:05:45 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Linky no worky


2 posted on 03/05/2013 7:08:14 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Impala64ssa

Bad link.


3 posted on 03/05/2013 7:09:15 PM PST by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator, Rand Paul for President in 2016)
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To: Impala64ssa

Something wrong with the link.

Try this:

http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/03/2471-30-government-waste-projects/


4 posted on 03/05/2013 7:09:48 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Impala64ssa

No working link to story.


5 posted on 03/05/2013 7:10:46 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Impala64ssa

This is the type of message that the Tea Party PAC’s should be sending out and putting on radio and TV till 2014...then 40 more tired old congress people will be GONE!!


6 posted on 03/05/2013 7:10:46 PM PST by q_an_a (the more laws the less justice)
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To: Impala64ssa

Why don’t you post the article instead of just posting a blog link?


7 posted on 03/05/2013 7:11:31 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Impala64ssa

Only 30??

There is a program to confidentially mail free condoms to pre-teens. Good lord.


8 posted on 03/05/2013 7:12:14 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Impala64ssa

The link worked for me but it’s dated March 1, 2012. It’s a year old.


9 posted on 03/05/2013 7:13:11 PM PST by South40
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To: Impala64ssa

speaking of idiots... the bozo-in-chief was complaining about the sequester saying he had no control over the spending cuts- that they had to cut everything, not just fat, bloated federal programs that have served their usefulness...

So...

WHICH federal programs are fat and bloated and have served their purpose was he talking about?

You can cut those any time, Obozo!!!!


10 posted on 03/05/2013 7:13:50 PM PST by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
I wish I didn't follow the link. Annoyingly slow blog set up to drive up hit counts (1 item per page). To most freepers the info was old news. I gave up after the first few items.
11 posted on 03/05/2013 7:17:01 PM PST by Never on my watch (GALT)
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To: humblegunner

Ping to comments.


12 posted on 03/05/2013 7:26:54 PM PST by upchuck (nobama fact #69: For each job created by the nobama administration, 75 people went on food stamps.)
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To: Impala64ssa
30 Stupid Things The Government Is Spending [OUR] Money On
13 posted on 03/05/2013 7:27:45 PM PST by umgud
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To: South40
25 Craziest Things the U.S. Government Spends Money On
14 posted on 03/05/2013 7:28:46 PM PST by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Impala64ssa
Stupid things that government pays for?

How much more stupid can it be than to pay able bodied men and woman to do nothing?

It is just immoral beyond reason to take money from productive people and use that money to pay other people to do nothing.

15 posted on 03/05/2013 7:31:27 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Is Malia Obama’s spring break vacation one of those, or is it the 31st? $115,500 plus paid for by taxpayers. Ground transportation: $23,964.81 Lodging: $21,682.92 Airfare: $47,767.34 “Vouchers”: $21,636.14 (not itemized) Support Charges: $449.66 (travel for one from Mexico City to Oaxaca, not itemized). It’s bad enough we’re wasting money on Moochelle, but now his kids?


16 posted on 03/05/2013 7:34:16 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Cicero

Thanks for the working link.


17 posted on 03/05/2013 7:35:16 PM PST by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Commune Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Cicero

Thanks for the working link.


18 posted on 03/05/2013 7:35:16 PM PST by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Commune Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Never on my watch

Worked fine for me....and I tweeted some of them...even if they are 2012...it’s worth publishing the info


19 posted on 03/05/2013 8:03:35 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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