Tax Money Gone Bad

On December 20th, 2013, Free Republic posted an article by user jazusamo called Senate Report: U.S. Blows $30 Bil on Wasteful Projects in 2013.

Throughout the article, user jazusamo gives plenty of examples of how our government wastes OUR tax dollars on pointless projects. Such as a study that costed a whopping $325,525 to see if wives are more satisfied with their marriage after a fight with their husbands. What purpose does this serve? How does that benefit us, the American citizens, who are paying for that? His sources seem to be credible but these are only a few things that the government spends our money on. Sure, they might not always choose the best ways to spend the money, but that doesn't mean they waste all the money on pointless projects. For example, as mentioned in the article, $65 million dollars was spent on television adds asking for aid for the Hurricane Sandy victims. We have to help out our own people! Yes, there might be other ways to ask for help, but TV is a really good and efficient way to ask for help. Who doesn't watch TV?

Not all the examples he provides are great ones, but he does have a point. The American Government can waste money on projects that don't need to be funded.