http://twitter.com/#!/NRCC/status/317283348433227777

Egregious government waste? But … but … Nancy Pelosi said we don’t have a spending problem. How could there possibly be waste?

Admittedly our easiest project this cycle: finding egregious waste by the federal government: TheWasteList.com #TheWasteList

— NRCC (@NRCC) March 28, 2013

WASTE: Video game controller design ow.ly/jxKtc #TheWasteList

— NRCC (@NRCC) March 28, 2013

Other examples of government waste curated by the National Republican Congressional Committee:

• $2 million in taxpayer-funded loans to 10 cupcake stores
• $35 million for the construction of an old-fashioned trolley system
• $388,000 for luxurious bus shelters
• $939,771 for a fruit fly sexual attractiveness study
• $750,970 for a successful New Hampshire brewery to build a new brewery and restaurant

The dozens of examples provided at TheWasteList.com total $18,224,377,097.

Fo(r)ward!

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/03/28/2-million-for-taxpayer-subsidized-cupcakes-congressional-republicans-debut-thewastelist/