The Census Bureau is going to spend 3000 dollars on fortune cookies

Ok, now this is getting ridiculous.  First of all the United States Census Bureau has budgeted 340 million dollars to advertise the 2010 census.  Guess who’s going to cover this 340 million dollar ads bill.  You guessed it, we are.  Then the bureau blows 2.5 million dollars of US taxpayers’ to air a census commercial during the Super Bowl.  Now they are planning on wasting another $3000.00 of their $340 million ads budget on fortune cookies.  Yes that’s right, fortune cookies.  The census bureau will spend the 3 grand to purchase 2 million fortune cookies that contain varying messages inside the cookie encouraging the consumer  to get out and participate in the 2010 census.   The cookies will be distributed in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

I know it’s only $3000.00, but come on, fortune cookies.  They couldn’t figure out a better way to spend tax payer money?  Fortune cookies…really?