Government Waste Grab Bag

" Why today of course and that means is divers scoreboard to save yet another hundred million dollars remembered that the Obama administration a hundred days to find a hundred million kids savings we decided knew their job for them. Finding a hundred billion in taxpayer savings every single week. This week it's a grab bag of outrageous government waste things you'd never expect the government actually spend money -- Here to save us a hundred million bucks is nick we'll have more of The Heritage Foundation great to see a -- thanks for being here now. You know again sometimes it's not so much about the money. Because a hundred million it within a trillion is just a drop in the bucket but it's the outrageousness. Of some of these things. Starting with a post turtle trouble what is that about."

" That's a very good question this project based out in Florida that would be 813 foot tunnel on US highway 27. That -- attempt to save a couple thousand turtles from being hit by cars but. Miley questionnaire is that even at 3.4 million dollars how do you create the right incentives for the -- and -- her goal -- seven quite can."

" Here you I don't think there's an economics book that mentions turtle incentives so we're going to have to but that's 3.4. Million dollars all right. Let's go to Lewis no place in the United States wonderful place in the end Minnesota. Duluth Minnesota. They actually need. Eight snow machine as snow making machine and we have six million."

" Yes it's six million dollars for snow making machine in what is actually that fifteenth highest ranked city for annual average snowfall. And the snow machine is going to be placed on spirit mountain ski resort where. There are -- skiers that pay fees for you -- for the list and so on just he's the facility is is this sort of unfair is this part of this stimulus plan by the way this money. It's your definition of stimulus I suppose I don't quite understand how this is going to help the economy grow."

" Unbelievable well pick in this business knowing his place in the country for snow making machine -- it's just Revere OK -- the opposite that weather wise. Is thirty million dollars for spring training baseball complex."

" For the Arizona Diamondbacks and that the Colorado Rockies. Right this is thirty million dollars that would go towards a 100 million dollar facility. And there'd be about 11000. Heats in that facility so by my calculations about 2700 dollars a -- and I thought that the Yankees can get away with charging back to."

" and and okay you mentioned the Yankees we go for baseball or football. I love football I love. Giving training to kids who were trying to learn football but. 35. Million dollars is going to these football projects tell us about some of them."

" Right I -- interpreted these as Astro turf wars over the stimulus spending could these are all crammed into that bell. Most of these are for high school project. My favorite of -- it's two million that's going to a project in Nevada. Where they're enhancing -- thirty million dollar facility adding concession stands and better restrooms. And just months before they receive that two million dollars it was touted in newspapers is a state of the art complex. Which is not exactly what I would consider Nancy Pelosi is crumbling infrastructure that needs stimulus."

" Running restroom facilities yeah I I don't think that's vital to the nation's future but it -- total of 35. Million dollars going to that are right now we have a grab bag of about 41 million dollars worth of stuff. Let's start -- swine odor and manure management research in Ames Iowa."

" Her right that would actually part of the -- about tonight at the beginning of the year and it's one of thirteen billion dollars worth of earmarks that was crammed into that -- and you know personally I think the money would probably be better spent on say the swine flu is opposed to swine voter but. I guess that's that's what happened that was expending one."

" And 700007. Or 91000 for the swine are okay and then something is survey ambiguous wouldn't it. Utilization research has 4000500. That what's that."

" Act. You know I wish I knew there are too high end of and the US projects and there wouldn't utilization research. Great genetics research my favorite is actually catfish genome research. Which received a 800 can -- he acts. You heard me right catfish genome it received 800000 this year over 800000 last year and 300000 a year before that so. This is quite a complex Tina we need to map are."

" Taxpayer money let's start adding this up now well I think we could put up the total number we've got go back to the topic that I think we have. 3.4 million for the eternal -- six million for the snow making machines. Thirty million for all -- baseball spring training borrowers actually more and it's like 35 million. And it goes up because see -- the football improvements 35 million it's that are. The total is 116. Point nine million dollars so yeah exceeded our 100 million by. 1400000. We did a good job of that thank you very much Nikola by the way since we have done this we have saved a total of to date although we go the total up to date is 101. That. Billion dollars thwarted 34 million the reason it's in the billion categories because we once had some medical savings and that -- in the billions of dollars so. You know the administration could -- say about a rebellion we save a hundred billion right here scoreboard nickel a more Heritage Foundation Nicholas thank you so much for being here appreciate it."