While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) senator Thomas A. Coburn, of oklahoma, publishes his 2012 Wastebook, detailing 19,000,000,000 “dollars” in wasteful Federal spending. 

       NOTE: This amount is only 1.5% of the annual budget deficit–without accounting gimmicks–of 1,280,000,000,000 “dollars.”  This again demonstrates that Republicans are not serious about reducing spending.  So much for conservative Republicans!

       [added 5/31/2022] Thanks to G. Edward Griffin for this entry.