Budget cuts start somewhere
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FOX News:
House Urged to Cut Back After Bottled-Water Tab Nears $1 Million
If the Potomac River, which supplies water to the nation's capital, had run dry, Congress might be able to explain itself. But it hasn't.
And that has left one group calling out the U.S. House for spending $860,000 last year on bottled water -- money it says could have gone toward installing fountains of perfectly potable water.
A report from the nonprofit Corporate Accountability International found that between April 2009 and March 2010, House lawmakers spent an average of $2,000 per member on bottled water.
At $1.50 per bottle, that is four each and every day. A bit much. Check out the backstory:
About 70 percent of the water-bottle cost on the Hill went toward Nestle water products, mostly Deer Park.
In advance of the report, Nestle sent a letter Monday to congressional lawmakers urging them not to cut out bottled water, arguing that doing so will not improve water conservation or fund public water infrastructure.
Boo... Hoo...
Posted by DaveH at February 9, 2011 3:12 PM