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He comes from a long line of dare devils in his family. >> it's in his blood. >> meanwhile, your tax dollars hard at work. as always, senator tomko burn likes to comb through the budget and figure out where billions of your tanks pair dollars are being wasted he found a couple of winners this year says the senator. >> these are sort of jaw-dropping when you think that our taxpayer dollars are going to things like this. blue diamond growers. in 2009, they had $709 million of taxpayer money received was $28 million. >> here is what is shocking about this. almond growers. they made a big profit a...

1999 for advertising for products overseas. we are looking at it because it's your money. senator tom coburn has released this new report highlighting the program to stir up debate about the role of government in promoting private goods. we put the program into the taxpayer calculator and take a look at some examples of the spending. according to this report, blue diamond growers has received $28.2 million since 1999 to help promote its products overseas. in 2009 they sold $709 million worth of nuts. the wine institute has got $7 million in order to conduct wine tours, marketing and other even...

In 2009 alone, they sold $709 million of nuts. california wine institute received $60 million in the past decade. in order to conduct wine tours, marketing and other events promoting $18 billion per year industry. cotton council international received $169 million in the last decade. some spent on indian reality tv show where contestants make clothes out of cotton. then there is the livestock genetics group which received $14 million since 1999. for marketing livestock semen. tom coburn is planning to offer amendment to farm bill to reduce funding. >> the point is nobody is measuring the effec...