$2 million for taxpayer-subsidized cupcakes? Congressional Republicans debut #TheWasteList

Egregious government waste? But … but … Nancy Pelosi said we don’t have a spending problem. How could there possibly be waste?

Admittedly our easiest project this cycle: finding egregious waste by the federal government: http://t.co/4vMCHH6mHV #TheWasteList

— NRCC (@NRCC) March 28, 2013

WASTE: Video game controller design http://t.co/eIiux9Rioz #TheWasteList

— NRCC (@NRCC) March 28, 2013

Other examples of government waste curated by the National Republican Congressional Committee:

• $2 million in taxpayer-funded loans to 10 cupcake stores
• $35 million for the construction of an old-fashioned trolley system
• $388,000 for luxurious bus shelters
• $939,771 for a fruit fly sexual attractiveness study
• $750,970 for a successful New Hampshire brewery to build a new brewery and restaurant

The dozens of examples provided at TheWasteList.com total $18,224,377,097.

Fo(r)ward!