National Wasteful Spending

National Review ^ | 6/30/2011 | Andrew Stiles

[Outside da Box]

Ah yes, the National Weather Service, an agency that consumes roughly $1 billion in taxpayers funds every year. Obviously, every penny of that goes toward essential programs, right? Here’s a look at some of the things you have been paying for at the NWS:

•A $220,000 grant to the Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Development to “educate the Arab region on climate change.”

[RC2]

Who’s going to stop this crap? Congress best start standing up whoever is handing out this money when our country is broke. Enough is enough. In my opinion, if it doesn’t get stopped, someone is getting a kick back.

[Tax-chick]

The Obama administration has stopped its effort to cuts costs and streamline the NWS by closing and consolidating facilities, an action hailed as a victory by the union representing NWS workers.

The money quote. Yes, there's a lot of Arabian Climate Change type garbage in the Federal budget, but the big bucks are going toward keeping all those Federal workers employed, with their health benefits, pension plans, and gym-membership reimbursement. The bureaucracy exists to perpetuate itself: the ostensible "mission" is just pretty words to snow the voters.