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One Person’s Boondoggle, Another’s Necessity

Date: August 17, 2009

Author: Michael Cooper

QUOTE: Those [certain] proposals for spending federal stimulus money were all criticized... But they have something else in common, too. They are popular locally. And they underscore a truth that has been evident since the New Deal: sometimes the boondoggle is in the eye of the beholder

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Key People:

• Sen. Tom A. Coburn M.D.

Key Organizations:

• Boy Scouts of America, The (BSA)
• Department of Transportation/Transportation Department (DOT)
• New York Times Company
• Smithsonian Institution

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Choices/Tolerance/Flexibility
    • Sharing / Resource Allocation

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Government Spending
    • Lobbying
    • Local Government (City/County)

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Social Movements / Organizing / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
    • Public Pressure (Citizens/Activists)

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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