gocolts 300 Posted June 20, 2007 Did you know that as a U.S. taxpayer you have helped fund a transgender beauty pageant? That is just one on a long list of bloated expenses by the tax-funded Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding recently told the U.S. Senate that her agency needed an additional billion dollars. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) decided to see how the CDC had spent its last $10 billion. What he found will make you sick. The CDC has wasted millions of taxpayer dollars during the past few years on everything from vegetable statues to zero gravity chairs. Sen. Coburn shows in his report, "CDC Off Center," that the CDC has spent millions on lavish facilities, questionable conferences, and new offices in the home states of committee members who oversee its funding. Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, points out some of the more outrageous line items: * The CDC used syphilis prevention funds to host a "safe sex" event with a porn star. * It spent $45 million for conferences, including some that featured prostitutes and beach parties. * On the HIV/AIDS front, one grantee hosted a "bar night" with instructions on "how to throw a good party with lots of alcohol." Sen. Coburn reports that the CDC spent enough money on trips for employees to international AIDS conferences to underwrite drugs that would have prevented mother-to-child AIDS transmission in over 115,000 babies. link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gocolts 300 Posted June 20, 2007 did you win? I am not a freak trans-gender sicko.HTH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,433 Posted June 20, 2007 I am not a freak trans-gender sicko.HTH Still waiting for the operation, huh? Good luck, T&P for you getting it real soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toro 3 Posted June 20, 2007 I didn't notice. I was paying attention the the multi-billion dollar war in Iraq. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gocolts 300 Posted June 20, 2007 Still waiting for the operation, huh? Good luck, T&P for you getting it real soon. Nope. I'm not a freak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isotopes 1 Posted June 20, 2007 I am not a freak trans-gender sicko.HTH Did you at least get the winner's phone number? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,433 Posted June 20, 2007 Nope. I'm not a freak. Well, with that out of the way, it is good that Coburn issued this report. There is definitely waste in the CDC, just as there is waste in every government agency. We need better oversight and accountability to the taxpayers. Now, that does not mean that Coburn is just looking out for the taxpayer and is a generally swell guy. He does have some other motives in that he is not a big fan of homosexuals, their behavior, or the diseases that they get. The good Dr. is considered to be one of the most conservative politicians out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,365 Posted June 21, 2007 * The CDC used syphilis prevention funds to host a "safe sex" event with a porn star. * It spent $45 million for conferences, including some that featured prostitutes and beach parties. * On the HIV/AIDS front, one grantee hosted a "bar night" with instructions on "how to throw a good party with lots of alcohol." I'm sure my tax dollars have been spent on worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites