Audit: Taxpayer dollars paid for eco group’s $25G Christmas party, and more
December 03, 2014 $25,000 for a Christmas party. $11,000 for premium coffee services. Millions more for questionable construction costs. All this was billed to taxpayers by an obscure federally...
View ArticleNIH spending $400G to find out what kids think of fat characters in movies
December 24, 2014 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending almost a half million dollars to determine what children think about fat characters in movies. Children’s perceptions of...
View ArticleUSDA spends $900,000 to teach ‘meta-thinking’ about water to children
April 22, 2015 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent nearly $1 million on a project to teach kids “meta-thinking” about water, featuring rap songs and spoken-word performances. “Global water...
View ArticleAudit: Labor Dep’t. Spent Hundreds of Thousands on ‘Conferences’ Not Reported...
April 22, 2015 WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor (DOL) failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in conference costs from Fiscal Year 2013 as federal law requires, a recent audit by the...
View ArticleIRS ‘deliberately’ cut customer service, made tax season extra painful,...
House Republicans accuse agency of wasting money on questionable pet projects April 23, 2015 The IRS “deliberately” cut its customer service this year, making the tax season more painful than it had to...
View ArticleCost of Earmarks Totals $4,200,000,000 in FY 2015; Up 56% In One Year
May 14, 2015 The cost of earmarks totaled $4,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, which was up 56 percent from the previous year, according to Citizens Against Government Waste’s (CAGW) 2015 Congressional...
View Article$4.2 Million DOJ Grant to Help Young Ex-Cons Be Better Fathers
June 22, 2015 The Justice Department through its Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention is spending up to $4,200,000 in taxpayer dollars to help young fathers who have been incarcerated be...
View Article$357,750: NIH Funds Research for App to Promote Exercise for Marijuana Users
June 30, 2015 Could an app motivate marijuana users to exercise? The National Institutes of Health is giving $357,750 in taxpayer dollars through its National Institute on Drug Abuse to State...
View ArticleNIH Spends $597,759 to Study Health Disparities Among LGBT Older Adults
July 18, 2015 The National Institute of Aging, an agency within the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $597,759 in taxpayer funding to the University of Washington to study LGBT aging and...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood received $528.4 Million in Taxpayer Funds in One Year
July 21, 2015 Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, received $528.4 million in taxpayer funding, according to its 2013-2014 annual report, which runs from July 1, 2013 to June 30,...
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