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THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNCONSCIONABLE!
Dennis
5-9-19
Ernst cited an analysis by Open The Books, an Illinois-based nonprofit government spending watchdog, that found the $97 billion in year-end spending for 2018. Open The Books seeks to make public spending at all levels of government, not just in Washington.
The $97 billion represented a 16 percent increase over 2017 and a 39 percent hike over 2015. Examples included in the Open The Books study in addition to those cited above were these:
- $2.1 million on games, toys, and wheeled goods
- $308,994 on beer and booze
- $201 million on advertising
- $40,379 on clocks
- $24,993 for candy and candy bars
- $17,900 for five tons of tater tots, 10 tons of dry pinto beans, and five tons of dry pasta
- $11,816 on a commercial foosball table
- $9,341 on a Wexford leather club chair
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