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Many would say the spending was necessary to recover our recessed economy, but a quick glance at some of the costs implemented to keep the government running reveals that this is questionable.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of dollars have gone toward funding for Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s office, printing &#8220;important&#8221; documents like the new Obamacare health care plan, student loan repayments (a benefit of working for the government), pension costs for retired congressional members, office supplies, electricity, food and tap water.<\/p>\n<p>But it would be silly to think that affluent members of Congress would dare drink plain old tap water, wouldn&#8217;t it? Reports indicate that <a title=\"&quot;$200,000 for Capitol Hill Bottled Water?&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=219353\" target=\"_blank\">House members alone spent nearly $200,000 on bottled water<\/a> during the first quarter of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>I guess someone forgot to tell our political leaders about <a title=\"Filters Fast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filtersfast.com\" target=\"_blank\">water filtration<\/a>. Maybe our economy wouldn&#8217;t be in such shambles if they weren&#8217;t <a title=\"&quot;Five Essential Goods Cheaper than Bottled Water&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filtersfast.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/10\/five-essential-goods-cheaper-than-bottled-water\/\" target=\"_blank\">wasting money<\/a> on pointless commodities like bottled water. 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