Georgia Tech Research Institute, which is the research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has recently made headlines after it was caught spending more than $1 million in taxpayer funds on a variety of recreational activities that were allegedly supposed to be aimed at boosting morale for employees and their families.
The research institute mostly focuses on work for defense agencies in the U.S. and according to a Channel 2 Action News investigation, it was recently uncovered that over the last 2 years they've spent over $1.1 million on entertainment and meals.
Some of the uncovered purchases include:
- $73k for an aquarium visit
- $109k for a Six Flags picnic
- $26k for a baseball game
- $12k on laser tag and go-karts
- $7.3k on golf
- $1k on alcoholic drinks
They also suggested that the spending had been approved by the director of ethics with the research institute.
However, since that time, they've started singing a slightly different tune and they've issued a statement suggesting that they have planned a review of any future spending on such morale-boosting events.
Supposedly, any future spending is going to be subject to multi-level review.
If such an organization that receives taxpayer funding doesn't think the public will find out about their spending habits, that could be fueling their unjust spending habits. If they think the spending is secret, then that might explain why they don't seem to have an issue with it and find it justified.
They receive hundreds of millions in government funding...
It certainly isn't likely to be pleasing for those taxpayers, who are forking over the money every year, to learn that their funds are going toward go-karts, laser-tag, and drinking.
Pics:
Pixabay
Sources:
https://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional/tech-research-arm-spent-million-tax-dollars-staff-morale/zT8aEgGez9hZMtDGcXnrxJ/
https://www.wsbradio.com/news/state--regional/tech-research-arm-spent-million-tax-dollars-staff-morale/zT8aEgGez9hZMtDGcXnrxJ/
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That is truly minor abuse of taxpayers money comparing to the expenditures in the department of death industry, @doitvoluntarily:
https://steemit.com/politics/@lighteye/the-war-peace-is-not-good-for-business
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Missed two letters… it is corrected now. Thank you, @doitvoluntarily.
minor abuse is still abuse and is unjustified. If they want to fund this sort of nonsense, then they should seek voluntary contributions, not funding that comes via coercion. 😄
Of course I agree, but I didn't want to justify minor abuse, @doitvoluntarily. I was just turning attention towards much worse and much more important abuse that costs lives.
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Is this from the red dot video with rose? I can't remember his first name
Yeah - over $1000 on alcohol! That ought to boost moral! Wait... isn't alcohol a depressant.... time for more research! Let's get another $1000 worth of alcohol! After all, we're a "Research Institute"
And yet the government keeps taxing us into oblivion. Check this out,
Entitlements, Medicare, drinks, laser tag and go-karts hah.