Description The federal Government Wastes Your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave.
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They are based in Washington, D.
Peter Grace and syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, CAGW produces numerous publications including their official newspaper Government Waste Watch and the annual Congressional Pig Book out of which The Pig Book grew.
Founded in 1984 by the late industrialist J. 2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa )- $50, 000 for a tattoo removal program in California- $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king About the Author Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a private, non-partisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in federal government.
The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it\'s also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa- $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil- $273, 000 to combat goth culture in Missouri- $2. 9 billion dollars of Your Money on 10, 656 of their pork-barrel projects.
In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.
Twenty years later things weren\'t much better.
The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer.
Description The federal Government Wastes Your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave
