Malaysian Gov't Spends $600,000 On 6 Facebook Pages 92
gizmodolt writes "The entrenched Malaysian governing party, Barisan Nasional, has spent almost $600,000 on six Facebook pages promoting tourism in the country. This has sparked criticism from opposition parties, decrying the 'ridiculous' reasoning behind this waste of taxpayer funds and garnered widespread recrimination from Malaysians around the globe, who have made their sentiments known, quite publicly, on those very same Facebook pages."
What's the big deal? (Score:1, Informative)
At least this expenditure helps the country.
Here in the USA we spend $600,000 on a singe bomb to drop on a singe third world shack. These bombs are specially designed to minimize damage to neighboring third world shacks, but the people injured and the relatives of the dead will likely hate America for the rest of their lives.
I think we should divert 60% of our military expenditures to pointless facebook pages or social programs and paying off the debt.
By the way, facebook pages are a pain in the ass to code for. Not hard, but a gimped pain in the ass.