Politicians have many reasons for buying stuff that has little to do with its usefulness. In particular, the citizens of their district will want jobs and government spending without regard to the benefits to the country in general. And or course, lobbyists will pressure them into buying stuff we don't need, especially the military related lobbyists.
Pages and Listings are in reverse chronological order:
News Civics 101: Cutting Defense Means Not Voting for $642.5 Billion for US Military
05-19-2012
commondreams, by Carolyn Eisenberg and Gael Murphy
Some readers probably heard on the news how the Democrats were hopping mad when the House Republicans voted recently to overturn the sequester on the Pentagon budget, enacted at the end of the year as part of the deficit reduction deal.
News US reportedly abandons plans for Afghan consulate after already spending $80M
05-07-2012
http://www.foxnews.com, MAZAR-E SHARIF
US officials abandoned plans to open a consulate in northern Afghanistan over security concerns -- despite spending more than $80 million on the site, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
News US taxpayers shelling out billions for faulty weapons
04-25-2012
http://rt.com
The Pentagon has frittered away billions in taxpayer cash on not fully tested arms, a government watchdog report says.
News GAO: Medicare experiment wastes $8B
04-23-2012
http://www.dispatch.com, By Robert Pear
Medicare is wasting more than $8 billion on an experimental program that rewards providers of mediocre health care and is unlikely to produce useful results.
News DRS wins $269M contract for military Internet cafe
04-20-2012
David Hubler, Washington Technology
DRS Technical Services Inc. will create an overseas Internet cafe to boost troop morale under a Navy contract that could be worth as much as $269 million if all options are exercised.
News Air Force's $1 billion IT system has negligible' capability, comptroller says
04-19-2012
Federal Times
The system is supposed to save billions of dollars by streamlining the Air Force's supply chain management and providing an integrated approach for buying, moving and managing equipment. Morin described the new system's "usable capability" as "neglig
News Karzai: US Must Pay at Least $2 Billion Per Year to Stay
04-18-2012
http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
US Says They'll Spend That Much, But Don't Want It in Writing
News TSA Brags About Confiscating Can Of Chicken Soup
04-17-2012
http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Angry Americans demand to know why billions is being spent on ineffective agency
News Maricopa County judge (John Buttrick) to rule on raises for pensions of ex-officials
04-13-2012
tucsoncitizen.com
A Maricopa County judge is considering whether retired elected officials, who have the most generous public retirement system in Arizona, will again start receiving cost-of-living raises to their pensions.
News Video-TSA Admits $1B Naked Body Scanner Fleet Worthless
04-12-2012
http://govtslaves.info, Jonathan Corbett
My last video demonstrated how easy it is to take a metal object through TSA nude body scanners undetected.In this video, I interviewed an actual TSA screener to hear more about how these machines are an epic fail.
News Crisis for US Science Is Looming
04-08-2012
http://news.yahoo.com, By Clara Moskowitz
The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists agreed Monday (April 2), though there was less of a consensus on a clear solution to the problem.
News GSA chief resigns following excessive spending claims
04-03-2012
http://wtop.com
The head of the General Services Administration resigned from her post Monday, and two other officials were fired amid an investigation into excessive spending.
News Pentagon Director Had Family Money in Bomb-Detection Boondoggle
03-30-2012
http://motherjones.com, By Adam Weinstein
The military's top-secret research agency threw millions of dollars at a bomb-detection system that worked no better than a coin toss, according to military sources.
News Where is my Federal Ammunition Subsidy?
03-28-12
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
I began to contemplate the benefit/cost analysis of subsidizing other goods and services we now currently fund as individuals. During this process, I came to the conclusion we need to start subsidizing ammunition...
Fredy Riehl
News Standing Up for Peace
03-20-2012
http://www.truth-out.org, by: Jim Hightower
Keene, New Hampshire has no crime that would warrant rolling out a tank.
Headlines: Standing Up for Peace -- Where is my Federal Ammunition Subsidy? -- Pentagon Director Had Family Money in Bomb-Detection Boondoggle -- GSA chief resigns following excessive spending claims -- Crisis for US Science Is Looming -- Video-TSA Admits $1B Naked Body Scanner Fleet Worthless -- Maricopa County judge (John Buttrick) to rule on raises for pensions of ex-officials -- TSA Brags About Confiscating Can Of Chicken Soup -- Karzai: US Must Pay at Least $2 Billion Per Year to Stay
-- Air Force's $1 billion IT system has negligible' capability, comptroller says -- DRS wins $269M contract for military Internet cafe -- GAO: Medicare experiment wastes $8B -- US taxpayers shelling out billions for faulty weapons -- US reportedly abandons plans for Afghan consulate after already spending $80M
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