Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.) is using March Madness to publicize wasteful government spending, where taxpayers can crown the 2014 “Champion of Waste.”
Flake’s “Elite Eight of Waste” tournament starts on Thursday. The senator is asking individuals to vote on Facebook and Twitter on which item of government spending they find the most outrageous.
“The two-week tournament will pit eight examples of wasteful federal spending against one another, allowing social media users to vote to advance the more egregious item, until a Champion of Waste is crowned on Tuesday, April 7, 2014,” his office said.
“There’s not a Cinderella in this Big Dance, just a bunch of ugly stepsisters,” Flake said in a statement.
The first matchup on March 27 pits “O’Care Hawkers” against “Amtrak Free Riders.” Voters will choose between $130,000 given to the Baltimore Ravens to promote Obamacare, and Amtrak’s $20,600 worth of train tickets it gave away to “creative professionals.”
http://freebeacon.com/issues/senator-holds-elite-eight-of-waste/
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