Senator Coburn releases Wastebook 2014: What Washington doesn’t want you to read.

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Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), long a champion of limited government and fiscal responsibility, has released his annual “Wastebook” (his last one, unfortunately, as Dr. Coburn is retiring this year) on government waste. Per Senator Coburn’s office, some examples include:

  • Coast guard party patrols – $100,000
  • Watching grass grow – $10,000
  • State department tweets @ terrorists – $3 million
  • Swedish massages for rabbits – $387,000
  • Paid vacations for bureaucrats gone wild – $20 million
  • Mountain lions on a treadmill – $856,000
  • Synchronized swimming for sea monkeys – $50,000
  • Pentagon to destroy $16 billion in unused ammunition — $1 billion
  • Scientists hope monkey gambling unlocks secrets of free will –$171,000
  • Rich and famous rent out their luxury pads tax free – $10 million
  • Studying “hangry” spouses stabbing voodoo dolls – $331,000
  • Promoting U.S. culture around the globe with nose flutists – $90 million

Click here to read the whole thing.