http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/ Mutual Funds, Investing, Retirement, Economy, Personal Finance Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:36:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3682 A Daily Roundup of Interesting Topics | Mortgage Loan Refinance Guru Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:38:21 +0000 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3682 [...] “50 Ways the Feds Waste Our Money“: Despite its generic title, this list is worth perusing. Seventy-two billion dollars wasted on improper payments, $25 billion a year to maintain unused and/or vacant Federal properties, $2.6 million on “training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job” (yes, you read that correctly). To see the full list, visit Heritage.org. [...] […] “50 Ways the Feds Waste Our Money“: Despite its generic title, this list is worth perusing. Seventy-two billion dollars wasted on improper payments, $25 billion a year to maintain unused and/or vacant Federal properties, $2.6 million on “training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job” (yes, you read that correctly). To see the full list, visit Heritage.org. […]

]]> http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3680 A Daily Roundup of Interesting Topics | HSH Financial News Blog Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:46:47 +0000 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3680 [...] “50 Ways the Feds Waste Our Money“: Despite its generic title, this list is worth perusing. Seventy-two billion dollars wasted on improper payments, $25 billion a year to maintain unused and/or vacant Federal properties, $2.6 million on “training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job” (yes, you read that correctly). To see the full list, visit Heritage.org. [...] […] “50 Ways the Feds Waste Our Money“: Despite its generic title, this list is worth perusing. Seventy-two billion dollars wasted on improper payments, $25 billion a year to maintain unused and/or vacant Federal properties, $2.6 million on “training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job” (yes, you read that correctly). To see the full list, visit Heritage.org. […]

]]> http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3655 50 Ways the Feds Waste Our Money Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:12:12 +0000 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2009/10/09/50-ways-the-feds-waste-our-money/#comment-3655 [...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe frequently are told by politicians that the only solution to our budget deficits at the Federal, state and local levels is to raise taxes. I might buy this argument if those same politicians had made efforts to cut government spending that is not needed or is wasteful. Unfortunately, those types of efforts get short shrift except when it is time to campaign. From the Foundry blog, here are 10 examples of eggregious government waste: 50 Examples of Government Waste . (Foundry, October 6 [...] […] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe frequently are told by politicians that the only solution to our budget deficits at the Federal, state and local levels is to raise taxes. I might buy this argument if those same politicians had made efforts to cut government spending that is not needed or is wasteful. Unfortunately, those types of efforts get short shrift except when it is time to campaign. From the Foundry blog, here are 10 examples of eggregious government waste: 50 Examples of Government Waste . (Foundry, October 6 […]

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