Along the MAX tracks in North East Portland, taxpayers get to view art that is being described as "rustic junk that is falling apart". Taxpayers are on the hook for $700,000 for the project. View the report and video here.
Since its inception in 2010, Senator Coburn's annual Wastebook has become a favorite to see where government is wasting our tax dollars. This year's entries include:
* Watching grass grow $10,000
* Swedish massages for rabbits $387,000
* Pentagon to destroy $16 billion in unused ammunition $1 billion
OCWF's favorite...teaching mountain lions to use treadmills $856,000.
Read the full report here...but be careful! It's scaaarrrryyyyy!
Taxpayers gave $25 million in bonuses to an elite corps of health care specialists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2007. From 2010 to 2013, all federal wages were frozen because of budgetary constraints.
This story is the impetus for the Washington Times to give the CDC their Golden Hammer award for waste.
