Senator tom coburn rok talked about his political career, politics in washington, and his book, the debt bomb. Coburns wastebook highlights excessive federal spending fcw. Coburn calls out senate cohorts as biggest waste in government. But he is opposed to congress giving orders to researchers. Coburn, a republican from muskogee, served in the senate from 2005 to 2015 and in the u. Coburn report calls effective teen reading program wasteful spending published october 16, 2012 by jeffrey kratz librarians and library supporters around the world have a deep knowledge and understanding of the vital role that public libraries play in every community. Senator coburn has been a leader in looking for ways to cut unnecessary government spending including collaborating with thensenator obama on the coburnobama transparency act. He upheld his campaign pledge to serve no more than three consecutive terms and did not.
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In his second year after having taken over production of the annual wastebook from former senator tom coburn, senator jeff flake has highlighted 50 ways in which the u. Dec 21, 2010 coburn also goes after national science foundation nsf grants. I heard about these books about the waste in our government. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library. Here are the top four takeaways from the 2012 wastebook. A member of the republican party, he was a united states representative and later a united states senator from oklahoma coburn was elected to the u.
The waste books is a collection of 1,085 aphorisms and other short writings by a curious german hunchback who had a crater on the moon named after him. Coburn report calls effective teen reading program. United states senate written testimony committee on oversight and government reform u. After leaving the senate, he pushed for a constitutional. The government wasted billions of dollars this year by allowing questionable tax breaks and paying for unnecessary programs even as the economy faltered, a. Wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate, senator. This event, where participants were encouraged to dress up as their favorite star wars characters, was designed to get teens into the public library and interested in reading and science. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government waste. From 2008 until he retired from the senate in january 2015, sen. Mar 29, 2020 coburn understood that overspending is a bipartisan affliction and he stated so clearly in his 2012 book with john hart, the debt bomb. Coburns father was an optician and founder of coburn optical industries, and a named donor to o.
Tom coburn cites congress as biggest waste of federal money. Dec 17, 20 additionally, in may 2012, coburn voted for h. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste. Oct 15, 2012 the government wasted billions of dollars this year by allowing questionable tax breaks and paying for unnecessary programs even as the economy faltered, a republican senator charged in a report. Over the past 12 months, washington politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to rein in. Coburn acknowledges thats a drop in the bucket in contrast. Until congress has the guts to cut specific programs, senator coburn said in a statement, we will never get our debt under control. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen.
Oct 22, 2014 coburns attacks on spending often come with a wink one entry reads usdas perfect poop pak smells like government waste and are aimed mostly at the press an embargoed copy. Report on government waste cites robosquirrels, tax. Today, senator tom coburn released a new report on government waste called wastebook 2011. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington. Wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate. This report highlights 100 of the years countless unnecessary, duplicative and lowpriority projects spread throughout the federal government. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Chip somodevillagetty imageswashington its becoming a tradition for sen.
Admired by philosophers such as schopenhauer, nietzsche, kierkegaard, freud, benjamin, and wittgenstein, georg christoph lichtenberg 17421799 is known to the englishspeaking world mostly as a satirist. Coburn releases the 2012 wastebook committee for a. Wastebook 2011 1 dear taxpayer, robot dragons, video games, christmas trees, snow cone machines, and chocolate. House of representatives in 1994 as part of the republican revolution. Tuesday, 16 october 2012 senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. When americans go to the polls we wont just be making a decision about what kind of government we want. Jeff flake, who inherited the wastebook when coburn retired after the 2014 edition, is certainly trying hard. Senator tom coburn rok speaks to reporters on wastebook.
Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Defiant houston strip club owner closes doors after police. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. Nov 12, 2012 during his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla. Grassley and senator tom coburn concerning the independence of inspectors general necessary to promote efficiency and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in agency programs, in response to the senators inquiry, 2011 2012. Tom coburn, a physician who became a powerful voice in congress on government spending and waste, died early saturday after a long fight with prostate cancer. Neh may love to waste money on this project, but taxpayers are likely to feel jilted subsidizing the promotion of a billion dollar industry that generated over. Starlite will not be nasas first foray into online games. Coburn finds 100 examples of government spending clearly not serving its designed purpose. Tom coburn was always going to be a tough act to follow when it came to producing the colorful wastebook that he and his staff produced every year to document what they. Gao unveils new duplicative program report february 28, 2012 chairman issa, ranking member cummings, and members of the committee. Coburn was an obstetrician who treated some 15,000 patients and delivered 4,000 babies in a maternal and family practice in muskogee, okla.
Thomas allen coburn born march 14, 1948 is an american politician and physician. Every year, senator coburn releases his wastebook, his list of some of the most wasteful spending items in government. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Senator tom coburn rok yesterday released his wastebook for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. Senator tom coburns annual waste book 2012 nasa excerpts.
Tom coburn sunday, october 21, 2012 analysisopinion. Released in october, wastebook 2012 highlights 100 projects costing. Every year since 2010, the oklahoma republican has issued his blistering. Coburn s father was an optician and founder of coburn optical industries, and a named donor to o. Tuesday, 16 october 2012 senator coburn s wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final. His annual wastebook has regularly provided valuable information for taxpayers regarding the specific ways the federal government wastes money. He was primarily a scientist, but also a satirist, and this is a book he never intended to publish, being a compilation of notebooks of his observations, thoughts and reflections. Coburn, a threetime cancer survivor, is not against research to fight the disease. These are just some of the ways the federal government spent your tax dollars this year. Oct 15, 2012 the damning critique of his colleagues is part of mr. Grassley and senator tom coburn concerning the independence of inspectors general necessary to promote efficiency and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in agency programs, in response to the senators inquiry, 20112012. So, for now at least, he is holding up the bill hr 733.
Im still reading through them but i am amazed at what has and is going on. Both bridges are still going nowhere and may never go anywhere. Oct 17, 2012 senator tom coburn rok yesterday released his wastebook for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more ways. During his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. Coburns attacks on spending often come with a wink one entry reads usdas perfect poop pak smells like government waste and are aimed mostly at the press an embargoed copy. Coburn also goes after national science foundation nsf grants. Mar 11, 20 i heard about these books about the waste in our government. Department of transportation dot records provided to.
Oct 16, 2012 known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. But even a cancer research bill can draw opposition, this time from republican sen. Coburn understood that overspending is a bipartisan affliction and he stated so clearly in his 2012 book with john hart, the debt bomb. A bold plan to stop washington from bankrupting america. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government. The damning critique of his colleagues is part of mr. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2012. Coburns wastebook 2012, the latest installment in what has become an annual list of 100 curious federal spending decisions that. The definitive scholarly edition of georg christoph lichtenbergs philosophical aphorisms.
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