Mar 11, 20 i heard about these books about the waste in our government. Oct 24, 2014 thats an improvement on earlier reports by coburn s office. Read senator coburn s wastebook the wastebook is the work of senator tom coburn, rokla. Us senator tom coburn, roklahoma, didnt just speak out about wasteful federal spending, he highlighted it in such a way that taxpayers. Senator tom coburn released his annual list what he considers wasteful and low priority spending by the federal government. Senator tom coburns holierthanthou release of his 20.
One of bruce cockburns more rough and tough songs, from his 1973 album night vision. Coburn publishes wastebook 2014 year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service to wasteful government spending and has. Oklahoma republican senator tom coburn s final edition of his wastebook lists 100 ways that the federal government is wasting taxpayer dollars on wacky, useless, and exasperating projects. Jan 28, 2017 in his second year after having taken over production of the annual wastebook from former senator tom coburn, senator jeff flake has highlighted 50 ways in which the u. Iraq in turmoil, as radical islamic terrorists threaten to take control. Waves of unaccompanied minors pouring across our nations borders.
Wastebook 2010 2 naysayers at the time warned that budget cuts would lead to the. Coburn publishes wastebook 2014 committee for a responsible. Dec 17, 20 senator tom coburn rok spoke to reporters about wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. Coburn releases annual wastebook highlighting most. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of federal funds. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. Flake continues coburn s tradition billions in frivolous and unnecessary spending revealed. Senator tom coburn s just released 2011 wastebook exposes 100 just plain stupid projects paid for with taxpayer money, some of which he supported. Coburn outlines three examples of wasteful government spending featured in his 2012 waste book with sean ha. Coburn releases new report on wasteful government spending in 2011. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government. Nov 12, 2012 during his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla. The document spotlights 100 particularly ridiculous expenditures of taxpayer money from the past year. Attacks on federal research funding anger scientists high country.
So coburn s report illustrates the success of the big government to which he himself is an occasional contributor. Today, senator tom coburn released a new report on government waste called wastebook 2011. Dec 20, 2011 today, senator tom coburn released a new report on government waste called wastebook 2011. Thomas allen coburn march 14, 1948 march 28, 2020 was an american politician and physician.
Federal funding for 2012 presidential nominating conventions, congressional research service. Rand paul rky releases the annual wastebook, and this year contains some real doozies. Tom coburn releases annual government waste report sen. Business week even went so far in september 1945 to make the doomsday prediction that gnp would drop 20 percent and that unemployment could climb. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. He saved his most pointed criticism for what he called. Dec 18, 20 this years edition of the annual wastebook from sen.
Oct 22, 2014 year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service to wasteful government spending and has instead called out controversial government spending by name. Tom coburn s annual wastebook, a ranking of 2014s top 100 worst examples of government waste, including outofthisworld spending on research. Jeff flake ap elizabeth harringtondecember 8, 2015 12. Im still reading through them but i am amazed at what has and is going on. Tom coburn, the republican from oklahoma, cites federal money for video games as a potential candidate for cutbacks on government funding. John mccain raz took up the cause after coburn retired. Dec 17, 20 perhaps coburn can be forgiven for not knowing that such wasteful spending is part of a plan to reduce americas influence in the world, first clearly laid out when coburn was just 10 years old, in 1958 in indianapolis, indiana. Coburn, an oklahoma republican, identified in his latest edition of the wastebook, an annual compendium of the ridiculous and. Senator tom coburn rok spoke to reporters about wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. Here are the most wasteful government projects in 2019 the. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste.
Coburn as oklahomas junior senator, appears to be the closest to mirroring the wastebook. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Tom coburn has released his annual wastebook, a comprehensive look at what coburn believes is wasteful spending in washington. Senator tom coburns annual wastebook just released the. Wastebook spending not as simple as coburn makes it out. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final. A republican, he was a united states representative and later the junior united states senator from oklahoma. Oct 22, 2014 the rabbit massages are one of the hundred wasteful products mr. Tom coburn unveiled this week his 20 wastebook, an annual list of what he calls the most egregious uses of government spending. Wastebook spending not as simple as coburn makes it out to be. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government waste.
Coburn was elected to the united states house of representatives in 1994 as part of the republican revolution. Dec 20, 2010 2010 waste book report 2011 waste book report youtube dr. Oct 22, 2014 these expenses all feature in oklahoma sen. Coburn releases annual wastebook highlighting most egregious.
Dec 21, 20 wastebook 2011 us senate, united states government, coburn m. Oct 16, 2012 known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. Coburn published an annual document called wastebook to catalog. For each of the past three years, senator tom coburn rokla. Senator coburn has been a leader in looking for ways to cut unnecessary government spending including collaborating with thensenator obama on the coburn obama transparency act. But its also infuriating, depressing, and a painful reminder of what happens when politicians and bureaucrats spend other peoples money. Congress deadlocked over whether or not savings could be found by closing loopholes within the complex tax code. Oklahoma senators annual wastebook cites video games. Senator tom coburns government wastebook 2010 redstate. His annual wastebook has regularly provided valuable information for taxpayers regarding the specific ways the federal government wastes money.
The subject lines all mentioned senator flakes wastebook. Dec 20, 2011 the office of senator tom coburn rok has released the 2011 edition of its annual wastebook. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen. Coburns 2011 wastebook downsizing the federal government. Government documents general collection and was provided by the unt libraries government documents department to the unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. The document spotlights 100 particularly ridiculous expenditures of taxpayer money from the past.
Dec 17, 20 these are some of the examples cited by sen. He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was the adult. Oct 22, 2014 these are just a few examples from the 100 entrylong list in a book detailing government waste, compiled by retiring gop sen. Oklahoma senator tom coburn has released his yearly book called wasteland. While politicians in washington spent much of 20 complaining about sequestrations impact on. Butterfly farms although everyone in his office from interns on up contributes ideas, mr. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude. Coburn s attacks on spending often come with a wink one entry reads usdas perfect poop pak smells like government waste and are aimed mostly at the press an embargoed copy. Fortunately, as senator tom coburn explains, there is a solution that doesnt involve going t. Tom coburn march 14, 1948 march 28, 2020 was a republican member of the u.
Chip somodevillagetty imageswashington its becoming a tradition for sen. The office of senator tom coburn rok has released the 2011 edition of its annual wastebook. Click through to see some highlights from this years items. Each year, a senate republican releases the wastebook, detailing wasteful government spending. Dec 17, 20 those are just some of the items paid for by the federal government last year. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in.
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