US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall had an awkward moment in Congress when he was stumped by a question about excessive military spending. The military leader was questioned by Florida …
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‘The Million Dollar Terrorist’: Fury as Boston Marathon bomber’s prison canteen bill tops $4,000 (on top of his $26,000 trust fund), while 30-year-old man rots in the death row at ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’ that has cost taxpayers more than $1 M
by Jackby JackA former warden at the prison where the Boston Marathon bomber lives has harshly criticized the killer for saving more than $24,000 in prison, including donations from sick strangers. Dzhokhar …
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New York City hires Elon Musk’s lawyer to represent Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit, and taxpayers can expect the bill to cost $2,000 AN HOUR.
by Jackby JackNew York taxpayers will foot the bill for one of America’s most expensive celebrity lawyers to help the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, fight sexual assault allegations. Alex Spiro, who made …
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TV star sheriff, his glamorous wife and daughter are arrested after ‘stealing $5 million from taxpayers’ while the family allegedly spent $327,000 on vacations and $56,000 on luxury cigars.
by Jackby JackA former southern Indiana sheriff faces 25 felony charges after allegedly spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on luxury purchases, including vacations, vehicles and cigarettes. Jamey Noel, 52, along …
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Irish reunification would cost Irish taxpayers £17bn a year for two decades and require a 25% tax rise, study finds
by Alexanderby AlexanderThe reunification of Ireland would impose huge financial pressures on the Republic, amounting to around £17 billion a year for 20 years and requiring a significant rise in taxes, a …
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Senators want to get taxpayers ‘off the hook’ for paying for absent Biden bureaucrats: New bipartisan bill requires federal telework policies to be more transparent to avoid wasting over $5 billion on empty offices
by Jackby JackSens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the bill. Its goal is to provide greater transparency about federal teleworker policies. The move comes after Ernst previously revealed that …
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Non-binary person, 33, in Canada wants taxpayers to fund $70k surgery to give them a vagina AND keep their penis
by Alexanderby AlexanderA person in Canada wants taxpayers to fund surgery to give him a vagina while maintaining a functional penis, in a one-of-a-kind case. The 33-year-old Ontario resident was born male …
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Non-binary person, 33, in Canada wants taxpayers to fund $70k surgery to give them a vagina AND keep their penis
by Alexanderby AlexanderA person in Canada wants taxpayers to fund surgery to give him a vagina while maintaining a functional penis, in a one-of-a-kind case. The 33-year-old Ontario resident was born male …
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Portland scrambles to rehouse 64 asylum-seeker families in cockroach-infested motel – taxpayers spent $10 MILLION a year on its shabby rooms as Maine’s migrant crisis deepens
by Jackby JackPortland is struggling to find homes for 64 asylum-seeking families after the expensive, taxpayer-funded motel they were staying in became infested with cockroaches, as Maine’s immigration crisis deepens. The state …
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‘World-first’ eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant exposed: How taxpayer’s money is being wasted on an endless game of online whack-a-mole – as it’s revealed banned X posts can simply be re-uploaded
by Elijahby ElijahThe Australian government’s attempts to control online speech have become a farce after its “world’s first” eSafety Commissioner admitted he was effectively powerless to stop people from re-sharing “banned” posts. …