The new administration under EPA administrator Scott Pruitt identified the gym memberships as an abuse of taxpayer dollars. Examples of the program's misuse included $15,000 for gym memberships for 37 EPA scientists in Las Vegas last year.
"We have ended taxpayer-funded fitness centers at EPA; a program that was costing American taxpayers $900,000 per year," said EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox. "Disinvestment in using federal funds for EPA fitness centers will allow the agency to invest this money in core activities to protect the environment."
Pruitt vowed an end to taxpayer-funded programs after the Washington Free Beacon report on the agency spending $15,000 on gym memberships in Las Vegas, earlier this year. Employees in the U.S. Environmental Science Division billed taxpayers $399 each for gym memberships, even though employees had access to a "state-of-the-art" gym on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus.
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Why not hand it back to the Taxpayers? It's clear you have enough money to tackle your goals and had extra money for gym memberships.
ReplyDeleteGive it back.
WE HAVE MEMBERSHIP DUES THAT ARE DUE!
ReplyDeleteAre you people deaf?
Awesome I am happy we have President Trump . I bet this is only the tip of the iceberg of govt waste! These people are horrible and keep productive people from moving the economy forward.
ReplyDeleteThe second part of the tragedy is that hardly any of the people used the gym.
ReplyDeleteMore winning!
ReplyDeleteYou just wouldn't believe all the Perks
ReplyDeletethey get at taxpayers expense. It would
make you Sick!!