An investigation revealed California agencies spent $7.5 million on pens and other gift items between 2007 and 2010. The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency was, by far, the biggest offender having spent $5 million. In contrast, the Department of Verterans Affairs spent just $4,968 on such swag.
"Not a cent of taxpayer money should be spent on flashlights, ashtrays or other unnecessary items, most of which likely end up in landfills," Brown said in an official statement.
Sad budget news at the national level:
At some point in the last decade, each branch of the military had a partnership with NASCAR racing. The Marines axed their racing team in 2006 because of a smaller ad budget and because there was no way to know if it actually boosted recruiting. Today, only the Army, the National Guard and the Air Force still sponsor race cars. The Army spends $7 million a year on its NASCAR team. Apparently the military thinks the same kind of people who like to watch NASCAR are those they would like to be soldiers.
In the big picture these million dollar decisions are nothing compared to the Billion and Trillion dollar problems the government has to solve.
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