Taxpayers are paying $5.5 million to send professional athletes around the world for what the U.S. State Department calls “sports diplomacy.”
Source: Wastebook 2012, Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)
The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
Overseas vacations for athletes
- $5,500,000
Source: Wastebook 2012, Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Source: Wastebook 2012, Office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)