Coburn also goes after national science foundation nsf grants. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Coburns wastebook 2012, the latest installment in what has become an annual list of 100 curious federal spending decisions that. 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. Coburn acknowledges thats a drop in the bucket in contrast. 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. Mar 11, 20 i heard about these books about the waste in our government. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government. A bold plan to stop washington from bankrupting america. 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. 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. So, for now at least, he is holding up the bill hr 733. Jeff flake, who inherited the wastebook when coburn retired after the 2014 edition, is certainly trying hard.
Coburn understood that overspending is a bipartisan affliction and he stated so clearly in his 2012 book with john hart, the debt bomb. 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. During his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla. 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. 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. 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. His annual wastebook has regularly provided valuable information for taxpayers regarding the specific ways the federal government wastes money. Coburn, a threetime cancer survivor, is not against research to fight the disease. House of representatives in 1994 as part of the republican revolution. Wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate, senator. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in.
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Coburn was an obstetrician who treated some 15,000 patients and delivered 4,000 babies in a maternal and family practice in muskogee, okla. Senator tom coburn rok talked about his political career, politics in washington, and his book, the debt bomb. Wastebook 2011 1 dear taxpayer, robot dragons, video games, christmas trees, snow cone machines, and chocolate. Wastebook 2012 by united states government us senate. Tom coburn sunday, october 21, 2012 analysisopinion. Coburn calls out senate cohorts as biggest waste in government. When americans go to the polls we wont just be making a decision about what kind of government we want. Both bridges are still going nowhere and may never go anywhere. Department of transportation dot records provided to. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen.
United states senate written testimony committee on oversight and government reform 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. Every year, senator coburn releases his wastebook, his list of some of the most wasteful spending items in government. Thomas allen coburn born march 14, 1948 is an american politician and physician. Chip somodevillagetty imageswashington its becoming a tradition for sen.
Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final. The damning critique of his colleagues is part of mr. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Over the past 12 months, washington politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to rein in. The government wasted billions of dollars this year by allowing questionable tax breaks and paying for unnecessary programs even as the economy faltered, a. Dec 02, 2012 senator tom coburn rok talked about his political career, politics in washington, and his book, the debt bomb. Senator tom coburns annual waste book 2012 nasa excerpts. Coburn school of law at oral roberts university coburn graduated with a b. Wastebook of government spending highlights overpriced. Starlite will not be nasas first foray into online games. Nov 12, 2012 during his 17 years as a senator and representative, senator tom coburn rokla.
Defiant houston strip club owner closes doors after police. 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. Released in october, wastebook 2012 highlights 100 projects costing. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of. Here are the top four takeaways from the 2012 wastebook. Report on government waste cites robosquirrels, tax. 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. He upheld his campaign pledge to serve no more than three consecutive terms and did not. After leaving the senate, he pushed for a constitutional. 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 releases the 2012 wastebook committee for a. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. Every year since 2010, the oklahoma republican has issued his blistering. Senator tom coburn rok speaks to reporters on wastebook. Tom coburn cites congress as biggest waste of federal money. Coburn report calls effective teen reading program. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government waste. Coburn s father was an optician and founder of coburn optical industries, and a named donor to o. Until congress has the guts to cut specific programs, senator coburn said in a statement, we will never get our debt under control. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more ways. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste.
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. 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. Oct 17, 2012 senator tom coburn rok yesterday released his wastebook for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Coburn finds 100 examples of government spending clearly not serving its designed purpose. 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. I heard about these books about the waste in our government. But he is opposed to congress giving orders to researchers. 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. The definitive scholarly edition of georg christoph lichtenbergs philosophical aphorisms. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2012. Oct 15, 2012 the damning critique of his colleagues is part of mr. Tom coburn r of oklahoma has issued his annual wastebook, the 100 government expenditures that should not have been. Im still reading through them but i am amazed at what has and is going on.
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. This report highlights 100 of the years countless unnecessary, duplicative and lowpriority projects spread throughout the federal government. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Coburn, a republican from muskogee, served in the senate from 2005 to 2015 and in the u. Tuesday, 16 october 2012 senator coburn s wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. 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. Senator tom coburn rok yesterday released his wastebook for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. 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.
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