Coburn Drops Anti-Stimulus Report
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report this morning highlighting "100 examples of questionable stimulus projects" totaling $5.5 billion in federal government spending.
"This report does not attempt to prove that the stimulus is not working," Coburn wrote in a letter introducing the report. "Rather, the intent is to educate taxpayers, policymakers and the media on lessons that can be learned from some of the early missteps and prevent other questionable projects from moving forward."
Coburn ranked the top ten most wasteful projects, then listed the following 90 by region -- similar to a report released by Vice President Biden 100 days into the Obama administration that touted the projects the stimulus was helping fund around the country.
The most wasteful project, according to Coburn, is in his home state of Oklahoma -- a wastewater treatment plant in Perkins.
Rounding out Coburn's top five projects are the clean coal project in Illinois, FutureGen, which is a favorite project of the president; the repair of 37 bridges in rural Wisconsin "that hardly anyone uses"; $800,000 for the now infamous John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa.; $3.4 million for a wildlife crossing in Jackson, Fla., allowing turtles and other animals to cross a road through a tunnel.



