Government Waste

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma just published his annual list of the biggest WASTES OF TAXPAYER MONEY.  Some of the highlights are $17.5 million in tax breaks to legal brothels in Nevada . . . a $360,000 NASA study that will pay people to spend two full months in bed . . .the National Institute of Health spent $325,000 funding a study that found marriages are happier when women calm down quicker after arguments . . .the Department of Agriculture spent $415,000 to serve California red wines in China to try to create demand for them among "influential" Chinese . . . and a $284,000 grant for indie music executives to travel the world to promote their music.