If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. - Thomas Jefferson


Sunday, February 17, 2013

Tanks a million!

Was looking for the recent Daily Show clip of Al Madrigal doing a bit on a piece of legislation that is being forced through congress to buy more tanks, even though the Pentagon doesn't want them. It was a Facebook post, but when I saw the first comment at thedailyshow.com, I just HAD to share a fantastic image exemplifying wasteful government practices...

Root around this Google Maps' satellite imaged area for awhile. This is all the crap our military doesn't even know what to do with:



The clip from The Daily Show I was looking for. Gives some good context to the overall story.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-7-2013/tanks--but-no-tanks

Building tanks to put directly into storage...

THIS is whyipaytaxes.