Big Government » sculpture competition http://biggovernment.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pork Report October 30, 2009: A Caboose To Nowhere Edition http://biggovernment.com/porkreport/2009/10/30/pork-report-october-30-2009-a-caboose-to-nowhere-edition/ http://biggovernment.com/porkreport/2009/10/30/pork-report-october-30-2009-a-caboose-to-nowhere-edition/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:58:35 +0000 The Pork Report http://biggovernment.com/?p=23286 California sculpture competition paid for with a Federal Transportation Enhancement Activity grant

A top FEMA official admitted there is no way to assess the effectiveness of homeland security improvements made from the $29 billion spent since 2002

Homeland Security funds spent on a equipment that was never used and probably will be never needed

$1.5 million federal grant will pay to renovate a train station which hasn’t been used in three decades and may never be used again

A $78,280 federal Transportation Enhancement Grant paying to relocate and renovate a caboose not used in decades

Department of Commerce pays to send Ohio Chamber of Commerce members on a two week junket to China

$500,000 in federal funds expected to pay for a party to celebrate St. Augustine’s 450th birthday

The National Park Service will spend more than $300,000 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway

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