WASTEBOOK 2011
Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
1. Politicians Partying on the Taxpayer Dime
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(Presidential Election CampaignFund) $35
.38 Million………………………………………………………….…..………………………………………..3
2. Mangled Mango Effort Could Hurt Farmers It Meant to Help
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(Pakistan)$30 Million
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….………………4
3. Poor Planning Hobbles Air Force Green Energy Effort
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(Department of
Defense) $14 Million…………………………………………………………………………………………………………5
4. Subsidy Program for Small Airports Fails to Help Most Recipients AchieveSustainable Air Service
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(Federal Aviation Administration)
$6 Million……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6
5. Paying for Pancakes
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(Washington, D.C.) $765,828
……….………….…………………………..7
6. The Super-Bridge to Nowhere
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(Alaska) $15.3 Million
………………………………………….8
7. Dead Federal Employees Continue to Get Benefits Checks
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(U.S. Office of Personnel Management) $120 Million
………………………………………….……………………………..9
8. Extreme Home Makeover: Federal Highway Funds to Transform Abandoned
―Rock House‖ into Visitors Center –
(Oklahoma) $529,689
………………………………….10
9. Video Game Preservation
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(New York) $113,277………………………………………………….…11
10. Millions In Foreign Aid to… China? –
(Department of State & U.S. Agency forInternational Development
) $17.80 Million …………………………………………………….………12