Throwback Thursday: Air Force Base's $715K Spending Spree

In 1979, Clark Air Force Base in The Philippines spent $715,000 — more than $2.8 million in 2022 dollars — on a spending spree to avoid having to give it back.

Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, awarded the Air Force his Golden Fleece Award for their reckless disregard for taxpayers’ dollars.

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