>> i'm bill o'reilly, thank for
watching us tonight.
muffin gate.
that is the subject of this
evening's talking points memo.
as you may have heard, an audit
by the department of justice
shows the federal government is
guilty of wasteful and
extravagant spending at a number
of law enforcement conferences.
between october of 2007 and
september of 2008.
10 conferences cost the american
taxpayer $4.4 million.
couple of examples of craziness.
at a training conference in
august 2008, $4,200 was spent on
250 muffins.
that adds up to 16 bucks per
muffin.
now, i'm sure they were
delicious muffins.
i'm sure they were presented in
a pleasing way.
but the $16 muffin now becomes a
symbol of how wasteful the feds
are with our tax dollars.
two coffee breaks cost $15,600.
$52 per person spent on coffee
breaks by drug enforcement task