that s .01% of the defense department s $696 billion proposed budget for 2018. let s compare that to some of the department s other expenses. one single apache helicopter, 31 million bucks. 11,000 m-27 riflz the military spends $42 million spent on viagra alone, according to the military times and according to the government accountability office, each time the president travels to mar-a-lago the government shells out $3.6 million. if you just look at at the high end of what a year transgender medical services would cost that $8.4 million number, that s at least two trips, just two trips to mar-a-lago.
the president and son-in-law and top advisor jared kushner the possibly to save millions. coincidental or not, he s very sympathetic to the argument that past due income should be reduced from 39 to 15%. reporter: that s not all. the plan calls for the elimination of the alternative minimum tax, a system designed to make it more difficult for wealthy taxpayers to underpay. without it he would have paid only $7 million in 2005, a saichgs of nearly 31 million bucks. steven ma nush arn said taxpayers won t be able to game the system. we will make shurp that rules are in place so wealthy people can t create pass-throughs. reporter: rosenthal isn t so optimistic. i don t think it will work at all. i think it will be a complete disaster. reporter: there s still a lot about this 207ic we still don t
$1 million in disability benefits going to hundreds of prisoners. add that to the more than 91 million bucks in payments to illegality immigrants and 31 million bucks in social security benefits going to dead people. what is this about? shows we have a lot of waste, fraud and abuse going on here. we re $17 trillion in debt. you happen that even in times like these, when people are down on their luck, the government would try to, especially in times like these, make sure that if wore going to give out the money, they re not going to prisoners in jail, but what we have seen here is that kind of almost what you were talking about with the government web site, the government can t do their due diligence and job to make sure the money they re spending is being spent properly. i always argue there s a 10% waste rule in the contract, even the good contractors out there, in any estimate.
the brand. the makers of little debbie is paying $27.5 million for the devil dogs, ring dings and drake s coffee cakes. another bakery gets bread companies for 31 million bucks and the hostess twinkie brand was sold off last month. if facebook isn t making enough, it is charging $15 to send messages to celebrities. that s right. paid messaging feature was just rolled over, rolled out overseas. the amount of the fee right now determined by the popularity of the celebrity. get this, messages go straight to the celebrity s priority inboxes but the fees go straight to facebook. okay. would you pay $15 to facebook message a celebrity? that s what twitter is for. right. exactly right. free. tweet them. i would wonder, would celebrities want to read the messages from people who felt they had to spend $15. to talk to them. it seems kind of desperate. absolutely not. it is similar to a feature in the u.s. users could pay $1, $5, $15 to