Worst of the Waste: The 100 Outrageous Government Spending Projects of 2010
By Tina Korbe
Heritage.org
The Grateful Dead have been named among the top “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” by Rolling Stone magazine. Now, they rank among the 100 worst examples of wasteful government spending in 2010.
A report prepared by Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) office reveals taxpayers shelled out $615,000 so the University of California at Santa Cruz could digitize Grateful Dead photographs, tickets, backstage passes, fliers, shirts and other memorabilia.
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I would much rather see this junk exposed than to have to listen to Rachel Madcow's sanctimonious blather about the Grateful Dead's value. If their drug-induced artifacts do have any value in the marketplace, then it should be up to those who benefit from enjoying those things to be the ones paying for their preservation. It should not be a burden placed upon the general populace.
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