Facts that Make You Cringe – Issue 60

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) reports that in 2012 the Dept. of Defense blew about $100,000 of your tax dollars on a “strategy planning workshop.” One of the sessions explored a subject on which the future of our Republic (and maybe your soul) depend – the relationship between Jesus and (are you ready?)…Klingons, the villains of Startrek TV shows.

And you thought they wasted your money! Shame on you!

In 2012, we issued a report titled “Department of Everything” that showed how the Department of Defense could make cuts in “non-defense” spending – spending in DOD that has nothing to do with our national defense, which we’ve estimated totals almost $68 billion. In the report, we highlighted surprising spending on beef jerky and a smartphone add to gauge caffeine intake. Our eyebrows were also raised by a strategy planning workshop for which nearly $100,000 was allocated. One of the sessions at the symposium explored the relationship between Jesus and Klingons, the famous alien species in the Star Trek series.

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