Wasteful Spending

This is from Sen. Coburn of OK on wasteful spending.

And they say there is NO money for Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Take a look at what we WILL pay for. Just think of how far THIS $35.4 million could do for research and rehabilitation of people with brain injuries. Then go to Sen. Coburn's site to see other foolishness.
Despite a federal budget crisis, taxpayers will be cutting checks this year to both political parties that could ―help pay for the stages, confetti, balloons, food, and booze‖ for their political conventions.2 The funds that are used to cover the conventions come from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF).
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This year each political party will receive a $17.7 million check that will pay a sizable portion of the convention costs. The PECF money will be distributed to each of the
political convention committee‘s bank accounts.
 
Here's another great waste of taxpayers' money. Serious problems in the USA and we fund THIS. Please Mr. Representative, tell me ONE MORE TIME that MY DAUGHTER IS A BUDGET ISSUE!!!

85) Study of Online Dating – (NY) $606,000  The Internet is not only a place of news and information, but it is also used for finding friendship, romance, and other activities. Researchers at Columbia University received over $600,000 to study how heterosexuals use the internet to meet one another, and how that activity  influences their sexual behavior.

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