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Study:
Waste Could Fund up to 45,000 Years of White House Tours
by Celia Bigelow
A
study from the National Republican Congressional Committee
(NRCC) shows the federal government's needless spending and costly
regulations
waste over $42 billion dollars–enough to fund up to 45,000 years of
White House
tours.
After
the White House announced that its public tours would be one
of the first government functions to be shut down due to the budget
sequester's
slowdown of spending increases, conservatives have highlighted
government
spending on inconsequential projects ranging anywhere from puppet
research to
snail sex.
The
NRCC has compiled a "waste list" totaling
$42,642,721,597 from its findings. Some of its expenditures include:
Dancing
iPhone robots–$547,430: "Part of a $547,430 grant
from the National Science Foundation went to the development of a
dancing robot
that connects to an iPhone."
Talking
urinal cakes–$10,000: "Federal funds were used to
purchase 400 anti-drunk driving talking urinal cakes."
YouTube
video contest–$106,000: "$106,000 was spent on a
YouTube video contest to promote eating fruits and vegetables."
Cupcakes–$2,000,000:
"10 cupcake stores received $2 million
in taxpayer-funded loans."
"Healthy
food" initiative - $32,000,000: "$32
million was spent to increase access to healthy foods in low-income
communities
with no measurable result."
Robot
squirrels–$325,000: "Researchers received part of a
grant to construct robotic squirrels to test if they are attacked by
rattlesnakes the same way real squirrels are."
Conservative
estimates say the shutdown of tours saves Washington
$18,000 a week, or $936,000 per year–.002% of the $42 billion in waste.
If
President Barack and Obama and Congress eliminated the waste shown in
the
study, the savings would fund White House tours for over 45,558 years.
In
an interview with ABC News, President Obama insisted the Secret
Service made the decision to cancel White House tours and not his
administration. He signaled that he is open to resuming tours for
student
groups but has not taken any action in over two weeks to follow through.
Source:
Breitbart
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