Budgetary Wipeout

Opposition parties in Niger have revealed a major government scandal: the ruling coalition spent 42 million CFA francs (US$58,330) on toilet paper rolls for five senior parliamentary officials last year. Toilet rolls cost 150–300 francs (US$0.21–0.41), which means each politician was allocated between 29,000 and 57,000 rolls. (Reuters) ...Which is about what’s needed to clean up after an average politician’s spew.