What Were the Biggest Wastes of Government Money This Year

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma just published his annual list of the biggest WASTES OF TAXPAYER MONEY.  Some of the highlights are $17.5 million in tax breaks to legal brothels in Nevada, and a $360,000 NASA study that will pay people to spend two full months in bed.

  Here is a partial list

1.  The 19 legal brothels in Nevada got to take a total of $17.5 million in tax deductions, including breast implants, costumes, and marketing.

2.  NASA is investing $360,000 in a study to see what happens when 20 people spend two full months in bed.

3.  The American Association of Independent Music got a $284,000 grant to have indie rock executives travel around the world promoting their music.

4.  The National Institute of Health spent $325,000 funding a study that found marriages are happier when women calm down quicker after arguments.

5.  The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $1.2 million on apartments in Arizona for deaf seniors . . . then decided it was illegal just to house deaf seniors in them.

6.  The Department of Agriculture spent $415,000 to serve California red wines in China to try to create demand for them among "influential" Chinese.