The McGuinty Liberals in Ontario, Canada cancelled two gas power plants in mid-construction to essentially buy TWO votes. Neither plant will be finished, produce needed power or jobs but the Liberals
The cancellation has, as of this date, costed taxpayer $1.1 BILLION and growing!!
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Top 10 Wasteful Government Expenditures
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U.S. tax dollars funded an $18 million renovation of a low-traffic airport that serves the high-end Sun Valley Ski Resort, which is a magnet for the rich and famous
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The National Institutes of Health blamed the worldwide Ebola outbreak on budget cuts at their agency, yet over $800,000 of U.S. taxpayer funds went to them to make a video game about food fights
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The U.S. government gave $615,000 to the University of California at Santa Cruz to digitize photos, T-shirts and concert tickets belonging to the Grateful Dead
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent $175 million during 2010 to maintain hundreds of buildings that it does not even use, including a pink, octagonal monkey house in the city of Dayton, Ohio
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The U.S. federal government once spent $2.6 million to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly
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Taxpayers payed for the U.S. military's development of a real-life Iron Man suit, an $80 million project that does NOT work
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The University of Tennessee used $5 million of taxpayer money to have students to dress up like fruits and veggies in an attempt to promote healthy eating habits
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U.S. farmers are given a total of $2 billion from the government each year for NOT farming their land
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The U.S. Federal government gave 236 free luxury gym memberships to federal bureaucrats working at Department of Homeland Security
