Washington Post Runs Front Page Piece Exposing Wasteful Program Costing 0.00008 Percent of Federal Budget

Yes, the investigative team at the Washington Post is back on the trail. Today's front page expose highlights a government program that uses 0.00008 percent of the federal budget to promote the health benefits of walnuts. The piece tells readers that this program is a "hard not to crack." It explained that even though Representative Tom McClintock pushed to kill the program; Congress voted 322-98 to keep it, claiming that it provided benefits to farmers.


Of course this is not the only example...

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Published on December 28, 2013 06:06
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