Federal
Fumbles Report
The report, called “Federal Fumbles:
100 ways the government dropped the ball,” lists $247 billion in what it calls
wasteful and inefficient federal spending, as well as offering solutions for
the examples.
“The American people
have signaled a bold new direction for Washington with the election of
President-elect Donald Trump,” Lankford said in a statement. “Although the
federal debt wasn’t a major focus during the presidential campaign, it remains
a serious impending crisis that must be addressed.
“This ‘Federal Fumbles’
report provides specific examples of wasteful spending and unnecessary
regulations that are not in the taxpayer’s best interest, and shows specific
solutions for how the federal government can become more efficient,” he said.
Other highlights of
wasteful spending include $500,000 for a program that texted people encouraging
them not to smoke, and $2 million in misused grants that included $1,000 for
customized Snugglies.
The report highlighted
the federal government spending almost half a million dollars on the sights,
sounds, tastes and smells of the medieval period, with $315,000 spent by the
National Science Foundation to study how court rulings make people feel.
The report also found
$1 billion was spent on hospitals and infrastructure in Palestine.
The report found that
the total federal debt is now over $19.5 trillion and equals about $165,575 per
person. It also projects that deficits will increase above $1 trillion within
the decade due to America’s aging population, and will be approximately $594
billion in Fiscal 2017.
Lankford also released
a similar report last year.
Fox
News' Mike Emanuel contributed to this report
See
video:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/28/okla-sen-lankford-releases-new-federal-fumbles-report-on-govt-waste.html
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