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About This Document: Additionally, Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) diverted $20 million from the 2010 defense budget to subsidize a new Edward M. Kennedy Institute. * The federal government owns more than 50,000 vacant homes. * The Federal Communications Commission spent $350,000 to sponsor NASCAR driver David Gilliland. * Taxpayers are funding paintings of high-ranking government officials at a cost of up to $50,000 apiece. * Members of Congress have spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars supplying their offices with popcorn machines, plasma televisions, DVD equipment, ionic air fresheners, camcorders and signature machines - plus $24,730 leasing a Lexus, and $84,000 on personalized calendars. * Washington has spent $3 billion resanding beaches - even as this new sand washes back into the ocean. * Last year's 10,160 earmarks included $200,000 for a tattoo-removal program in Mission Hills, Calif., $190,000 for the Buffalo Bill Center in Cody, Wyo., and $75,000 for the Totally Teen Zone in Albany, Ga. * The Postal Service spent $13,500 on one dinner at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

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Big-Spenders in Congress Ignore Growing Government Waste

Brian M Riedl

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