$977,000
The amount of stimulus funds going toward purchasing BlackBerry phones for smokers in D.C. who are trying to quit. The BlackBerrys give them 24/7 access to a support line.
This figure is being touted as one of Citizens Against Government Waste’s “Not So Elite Eight: Snapshot of Misuse & Abuse of Stimulus Funds.”
The organization is starting a new Web site, mywastedtaxdollars.org, in the coming weeks.
