Your Tax Dollars at Work

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From Wastebook – The Farce Awakens:

The government spent $276,000 on a study to discover why some people date out of their league.

Another $1.3 million was spent to establish if beer koozies actually work.

The government also doled out $5 million to get hipsters to quit smoking

$2.1 million dollars was wasted promoting tourism to Lebanon despite the fact that the State Department issued a travel warning in May urging Americans “to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of ongoing safety and security concerns.

Takes a bit to load but the full report is @ http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/03714fa3-e01d-46a1-9c19-299533056741/wastebook---the-farce-awakens.pdf  with 100 boondogles explained in 286 pages. Find your own favorite.

[DLR Pyro]

Another $1.3 million was spent to establish if beer koozies actually work.

I could have done this study for the price of a six pack on a hot day.