WRITTEN BY SUZANNE DOWNING ON MAY 30, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
The Great American School E-Bus Boondoggle
yellow school busWashington, D.C. could use another fiscal hawk like the late Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin.
During his Senate career from 1957 to 1988, Proxmire instituted a regular Golden Fleece Award, with which he mocked “the biggest, most ridiculous or most ironic example of government spending.”
Among his infamous recipients was the Department of Justice, receiving the award for conducting a study on why prisoners desire to escape. [emphasis, links added]
Another honoree was the U.S. Postal Service, spending $4 million on an ad campaign urging Americans to write more letters.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-great-american-school-e-bus-boondoggle/
