The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
Book club funding goes to ghost tours, fishing lessons, and movie screenings  - $1,000,000

The National Endowment for the Arts allocated $1 million for book clubs across the country. The funding went to ghost tours, fishing lessons, and movie screenings instead.


Source: Wastebook 2012, Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)