The best gift Congress could give Americans this Christmas season is to address wasteful spending with the right reforms in Congress’ 2015 budget

Twelve Days of Waste-mas

By Heritage Foundation Romina Boccia —— Bio and Archives December 26, 2014

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The Christmas season is on, and shoppers are out in full force. This means nothing for Washington. Here, Santa Claus seems to hand out gifts all year long.

Here are 12 examples of government waste we’ve selected in the spirit of the 12 days of Christmas: 1. NASA spent $237,205 to study how rainfall affects the red crab’s annual migration to Christmas Island. Merry Crab Christmas! More...

Heritage Foundation Romina Boccia -- Bio and Archives | Comments

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