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there was supposed to be an 80-day limit, but thousands of workers are collecting far more money than they re supposed to at retirement. a prison doctor, cashing in 2 1/2 years worth of days, took home nearly $600,000. that s a prison doctor. look at this one. this is a parole agent. he received more than $268,000, after banking three years of time off. the state contributed $294 million in these departure payments last year. fourteen thousand full-time workers took lump sum payments, and 29 percent received checks of more than 80 days of pay. leslie page is spokesperson for citizens against government waste. leslie, what is going on in california? why are they paying out $294 million in these unused vacation days? good morning, alisyn. california is our greece. that s what s going on. california is completely out of control.
for lunch at some of america s schools. republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma yesterday releasing a report that shows earmarks meant for worthy causes were actually spent on questionable needs like thousands of dollars in earmarks for a mariachi program. really? joining us right now is the media director for citizens against government waste. leslie page. good morning to you, leslie. good morning, steve. thanks for having me. great to have you. we ll detail some of these programs but essentially what we re talking about is this has been labelled an education slush fund, hasn t it? right. first of all, let s give senator coburn a big round of applause for doing this because his staff has done some crack work on this. but what he s focusing on is two programs. two programs at the department of education so this is federal money. one is called the fund to improve post secondary education. the other one is the fund to improve education. and both of these funds have become just gian